Binomial Coefficient/Examples/3 from 8

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Example of Binomial Coefficient

The number of ways of choosing $3$ objects from a set of $8$ is:

$\dbinom 8 3 = \dfrac {8 \times 7 \times 6} {3 \times 2 \times 1} = \dfrac {8!} {3! \, 5!} = 56$


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