Question

For an English assignment, you are to choose three of the following books to read: to kill a mocking bird, All quite on the western front , the stranger , the adventure of huckleberry Finn and a midsummer nights dream. How many different sets of three books can you choose

Answer 1

Answer:

10 different sets.

Step-by-step explanation:

You label the books as follows:

a. to kill a mockingbird

b. all quiet on the western front

c. the stranger

d. the adventure of huckleberry Finn

e. midsummer nights dream

you then separate the books into sets of three without repeating the same books twice as follows:

ABC

ABD

ABE

ACD

ACE

ADE

BCD

BCE

BDE

CDE

Now you have all the possibilities of three different book in a set.