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Hi,

I got 645 too..

the way I solved this problem was to take the combinations where there would be no professors in the group and subtract it from the total no. of combinations-

17C3=680-total comb

7C3=35-no prof at all

680-35=645
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Hi,

I got 645 too..

the way I solved this problem was to take the combinations where there would be no professors in the group and subtract it from the total no. of combinations-

17C3=680-total comb

7C3=35-no prof at all

680-35=645


Good job. Always look for "complements" to save you lots of time. The GMAT does this a lot.



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