document.write( "Question 891547: Ralph knows that there are 15 distinguishable possibilities when 2 people are chosen to form a committee from a particular group of N people.
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Ralph knows that there are 15 distinguishable possibilities when 2 people are chosen to form a committee from a particular group of N people.
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document.write( "So the number to pick 2 from in order to have 15 distinguishable possibilities\r\n" );
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document.write( "Every time we pick 2 from the 6, we leave 4 behind. So there are also\r\n" );
document.write( "15 ways to choose 4.  C(6,2) = C(6,4) = 15\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the admissible numbers we could pick 15 ways from the 6 are 2 and 4. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Isn't it just asking for the larger group of 4?  (Am I missing something?)\r\n" );
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