SOLUTION: An organization has 120 members How many possible ways can we select 5 members of the organization to form a committee of size 5?

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Question 1157981: An organization has 120 members
How many possible ways can we select 5 members of the organization to form a committee of size 5?

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This problem is on COMBINATIONS.

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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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Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

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