Demetrius has 17 books and he wants to read 5 over the summer. He has 9 fiction books and 8 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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College Algebra

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Author:Jay Abramson

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Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

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Demetrius has 17 books and he wants to read 5 over the summer. He has 9 fiction books and 8 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?