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A pizza shop has available toppings of onions, anchovies, bacon, olives, pepperoni, mushrooms, and sausage. How many different ways can a pizza be made with 3 toppings?

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A pizza shop has available toppings of onions, anchovies, bacon, olives, pepperoni, mushrooms, and sausage. How many different ways can a pizza be made with 3 toppings?

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Solution

To solve this problem, we need to use the concept of combinations in mathematics.

A combination is a selection of items where order does not matter. In this case, we are selecting 3 toppings out of 7 available, and it doesn't matter in what order the toppings are put on the pizza.

The formula for combinations is:

C(n, k) = n! / [k!(n-k)!]

where:

  • n is the total number of items,
  • k is the number of items to choose,
  • "!" denotes factorial, which means multiplying all positive integers up to that number.

In this case, n is 7 (the total number of toppings) and k is 3 (the number of toppings to choose for a pizza).

So, we have:

C(7, 3) = 7! / [3!(7-3)!] = (7654321) / [(321)(4321)] = (765) / (321) = 210 / 6 = 35

So, there are 35 different ways to make a pizza with 3 toppings from a selection of 7 toppings.

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