document.write( "Question 398228: If you have 20 students in your class how many different ways can a committee of 5 be chosen if 1 person on the committee will be the president? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #282194 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If you have 20 students in your class how many different ways can a committee of 5 be chosen if 1 person on the committee will be the president? \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "I guess the president has been determined before you form the \n" ); document.write( "committee of 5. So you really only have 4 choices from a set \n" ); document.write( "of 19 people. \n" ); document.write( "But that answer is 19C4 = 3876. \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "Something is rotten in Denmark. (that's an old phrase \n" ); document.write( "for expressing the fact that the problem is confusing) \n" ); document.write( "===== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |