SOLUTION: The president of a company is forming a committee. He must choose 8 people out of his 42 employees to be on this committee. How many combinations are possible?

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Question 199280: The president of a company is forming a committee. He must choose 8 people out of his 42 employees to be on this committee. How many combinations are possible?
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Since it is a combination (not a permutation, since order doesn't matter - person A can be paired with person B, and it is no different than person B being paired with person A) use the "combination" function on your graphing calculator.
8 Choose 42 (simplify using a graphing calc)
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