12. A businessman has eight suits. He plans to pack three of the eight suits for his business trip to Paris.
a. Does the order matter when he chooses the three suits?
Answer: The order does not matter when he chooses the three suits.
b. Based on your answer to part (a), should we use permutation or combination to find the different ways that he can choose the three suits?
Answer: Since the order does not matter, therefore, we should use the combination to find the different ways that he can choose the three suits.
c. How many different ways can the three suits be chosen?
Answer: The number of different ways the three suits can be chosen is:
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