Agroup of 8 friends (5 girls and 3 boys) plans to watch a movie, but they have only 5 tickets. how many different combinations of 5 friends could possibly receive the tickets?

4different combinations
1.)  5 girls, 0 boys
2.) 4 girls, 1 boy
3.) 3 girls, 2 boys
4.) 2 girls, 3 boys
remember, there are only 3 boys, so you can not, i repeat, not continue following this pattern. 
ex: 1 girl and 4 boys, or 0 girls and 5 boys, and so on, would be in correct. there are only 4 possible combinations.

40 because it’s just a little longer than 32 feet