Mel moves 50-35=15 feet in 5-2=3 seconds. Descent rate=15/3=5 ft/sec.
Victor moves 60-50=10 feet in 4-1=3 seconds. Descent rate=10/3=3⅓ ft/sec. Mel is faster at 5 ft/sec.
Answer:
56
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that there are 8 candidates for student government: Hal, Mary, Ann, Frank, Beth, John, Emily, and Tom.
The three candidates that receive the highest number of votes become candidates for a runoff election.
i.e. 3 persons out of 8 to be selected for becoming candidates for a runoff election.
Since order does not matter we use combinations here
3 persons out of 8 can be done in 8C3 ways
= 56
no of 3-candidate combinations possible are 56
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