A flower seller has 30 roses, 25 daisies and 15 orchids in her cart. She chooses 12 flowers at random to create a bouquet.
In how many ways can she choose the 12 flowers if the flowers could be in any combination?

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Answer:

60246643120300

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that a flower seller has 30 roses, 25 daisies and 15 orchids in her cart

She chooses 12 flowers at random to create a bouquet.

Since any combination is given order of flowers does not matter.

Total number of flowers = [tex]30+25+15 = 80[/tex]

Flowers chosen at random = 12

No of ways of selecting 12 flowers from 80 flowers is

80C12

= [tex]\frac{80!}{12!68!} \\=60246643120300[/tex]