Problema Solution

you have 23 children in your class room.If everyone sends everyone a valentine,how many total valentines would that be

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we need to find the number combinations of 2 elements in a set of 23 elements:


C(23, 2) = 23!(2!(23 - 2)!) = 23!/((2! 21!) = 22*23/2 = 11*23 = 253


the answer is 253 total valentines.