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Question 972875: What is the answer to this question: A commitee of 4 students and 3 teachers is to be formed from 6 students and 5 teachers. How many different commitee are possible? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Sorry, I'm not going to tell you the answer, but I will show you how to calculate it for yourself.
is the number of combinations of things taken at a time and is calculated by
You have ways to choose the students and for each of these choices you have to choose the teachers. So your total is the product of these two values. Do the arithmetic.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it