Counting problem CountingCameron has 15 books and he wants to read 5 over the summer. He has 8 fiction books and 7 nonfiction books.How many ways can he choose the books so that the first 3 books are fiction and the next 2 books are nonfiction?

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Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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Counting Cameron has 15 books and he wants to read 5 over the summer. He has 8 fiction books and 7 nonfiction books. How many ways can he choose the books so that the first 3 books are fiction and the next 2 books are nonfiction?