The Valley College basketball team has a serious losing streak. The coach vows to try every combination of players to find a winning combination. How many games will it take to try all possible combinations if there are 11 players and one combination is used per game? Can this be accomplished in one season?
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11 choose 5 (assuming everyone can play every position) = 462
Not going to happen in one season,
unless they play a LOT of games!
Not going to happen in one season,
unless they play a LOT of games!