SOLUTION: We want to select a committee of five members from a group of 8 women and six men. The order of selection is irrelevant. How many committees can we make with Jack as committee cha

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Question 1056121: We want to select a committee of five members from a group of 8 women and six men. The order of selection is irrelevant.
How many committees can we make with Jack as committee chair? (Assume that only one member has that name, and he is one of the six men!)
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Group of 14
committee of five members
Jack as committee chair
(leaves 13) and 5 more to choose
13C5 committees with Jack as committee chair