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Please calculate in how many ways can a platoon of sixteen soldiers be chosen out of a total of twenty soldiers for a surgical strike?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

This is a straightforward combination problem where we need to select 16 soldiers from 20 soldiers.

Using the combination formula:

20C16^{20}C_{16} = 20!16!(20−16)!\frac{20!}{16!(20-16)!} = 20!16!4!\frac{20!}{16!4!}

=20×19×18×17×16!16!×4×3×2×1= \frac{20 × 19 × 18 × 17 × 16!}{16! × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1}

=20×19×18×174×3×2×1= \frac{20 × 19 × 18 × 17}{4 × 3 × 2 × 1}

=11628024= \frac{116280}{24}

=4845= 4845

Therefore, 4845 different platoons can be chosen.

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