SOLUTION: there are 20 people in the room and i need to make a committee of 6 of them. each member is equal. in how many ways can this be done?

SOLUTION: there are 20 people in the room and i need to make a committee of 6 of them. each member is equal. in how many ways can this be done?

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Question 481077: there are 20 people in the room and i need to make a committee of 6 of them. each member is equal. in how many ways can this be done?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there are 20 people in the room and i need to make a committee of 6 of them. each member is equal. in how many ways can this be done?
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Ans: 20C6 = 20!/[14!*6!] = (20*19*18*17*16*15)/(1*2*3*4*5*6) = 38760
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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