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If Jay has 99 problems, in how many ways can he select k of them to rap about?

(1) Jay can select k+1 of his problems in 3764376 different ways.
(2) Jay can select k-1 of his problems in 4851 different ways.

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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Fri May 17, 2019 2:46 am

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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:If Jay has 99 problems, in how many ways can he select k of them to rap about?

(1) Jay can select k+1 of his problems in 3764376 different ways.
(2) Jay can select k-1 of his problems in 4851 different ways.

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