A combination of a set of distinct objects is an unordered selection of elements from the set
COMBINATION WITH REPETITION COMBINATION WITHOUT REPETITION THERE ARE BASICALLY 2 TYPES OF COMBINATION
Ex. Let us say there are five flavors of ice-cream: banana, chocolate, lemon, strawberry and vanilla. You can have three scoops. How many variations will there be? Let's use letters for the flavors: {b, c, l, s, v} Problem: How many 3-scoop ice-cream set will be created out of five flavors?
EX. How many different 2-letter words can be created from 4 distinct letters such as a, b, c and d? COMBINATION WITH REPETITION:
Using the formula Given: n=4 r=2 10 where n is the number of things to choose from, and you choose r of them (Repetition allowed, order doesn't matter)
AA AA BB BB CC CC DD DD AB BA AC CA AD DA BC CB BD DB CD DC
Using the formula: COMBINATION WITHOUT REPETITION Given: n=4 r=2 =6 where n is the number of things to choose from, and you choose r of them (No repetition, order doesn't matter)