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Question 1155347: A five person committee is to be elected from an organization with 15 members. How many different committees are possible?
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It is the number of all combinations of 14 items taken 5 at a time.

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On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
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