SOLUTION: A 3-member executive committee is to be formed from a 11-member board of directors. In how many ways can it be formed?
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Please explain this
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Question 1055110: A 3-member executive committee is to be formed from a 11-member board of directors. In how many ways can it be formed?
6
170
165
33
990
Please explain this to me. thank you
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since you have 11 members on the board of directors, and you're choosing them 3 at a time, you have 11 choose 3 possibilities, or 11!/8!3!. This amounts to 165 different possibilities. ☺☺☺☺
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