Evaluate the given expression. 11 C 7 _{11}C_7 11 C 7

In this problem, we're asked to evaluate the given expression. And the expression we're given is 11 c 17 or the number of combinations of 11 things taken seven at a time. So since we're already given it in this combinations notation, all that's left to do is plug this into the combinations formula. So let's go ahead and do that. Now we have 11 c seven and we can set that equal to our formula plugging in our values for n and r. Now our value for n is that first number 11 and then our value for r is that second number seven. So I start out with 11 factorial on the top and then on the bottom I take n minus r, so in this case 11 minus seven factorial, and then multiply that by r factorial, in this case seven factorial. Now we can go ahead and start simplifying this, leaving our numerator as 11 factorial for now and then taking our denominator 11 minus seven is going to give me four. So this is four factorial times seven factorial. Now we want to go ahead and rewrite that numerator in order to cancel the highest factorial in the denominator, which in this case is seven factorial. So let's go ahead and rewrite that numerator, expanding that 11 factorial out. So this is 11 times 10 times nine times eight times seven factorial, which is what we want to cancel. And then this all gets divided by four factorial times seven factorial. Now my seven factorial will cancel on the top and the bottom and then in my numerator I'm left with 11 times 10 times nine times eight and then in my denominator I'm left with four factorial which I can expand out to four times three times two times one. Now multiplying this out for my numerator I end up with 7,920 and then in my denominator I'm left with four factorial which is just 24. Now fully dividing that out gives me my final answer of three thirty that represents my given expression. Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions.

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Multiple Choice

Evaluate the given expression. $_{11}C_7$

$330$

$120$

$5,040$

$7,920$

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Understand that the expression 11C7 represents a combination, which is used to determine the number of ways to choose 7 items from a set of 11 items without regard to order.

Recall the formula for combinations: $ nCk = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!} $, where $ n $ is the total number of items, $ k $ is the number of items to choose, and $ ! $ denotes factorial.

Substitute the values into the formula: $ 11C7 = \frac{11!}{7!(11-7)!} $. This simplifies to $ \frac{11!}{7!4!} $.

Calculate the factorials: $ 11! = 11 \times 10 \times 9 \times 8 \times 7 \times 6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 $, $ 7! = 7 \times 6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 $, and $ 4! = 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 $.

Simplify the expression by canceling out common terms in the numerator and denominator, and compute the final value of $ 11C7 $.

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