From the set of numbers: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, how many different sums can be formed by summing up any two numbers in the set?
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we must take 2 numbers out of 6, therefore 6C2.Pinku wrote:From the set of numbers: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, how many different sums can be formed by summing up any two numbers in the set?
6C2= 15
alternatively,
combinations with 1= 12,13,14,15,16
combinations with 2= 23,24,25,26
combinations with 3= 34,35,26
combinations with 4= 45,46
combinations with 5= 56
Preet
Last edited by singhpreet1 on Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
6C2
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