Akshay is allowed to borrow $4$ books from the school library at one time. There are $8$ different books that he would like to borrow. Find the total number of different selections that are possible.

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Total number of selection he can made= ${8_{C}}_{4} = \frac{8!}{4! 4!}$ $= 70$

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