SOLUTION: The president of a company is forming a committee. He must choose 8 people out of his 42 employees to be on this committee. How many combinations are possible?
Algebra ->
Customizable Word Problem Solvers
-> Geometry
-> SOLUTION: The president of a company is forming a committee. He must choose 8 people out of his 42 employees to be on this committee. How many combinations are possible?
Log On
Question 199280: The president of a company is forming a committee. He must choose 8 people out of his 42 employees to be on this committee. How many combinations are possible? Answer by tutorvolunteer(9) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since it is a combination (not a permutation, since order doesn't matter - person A can be paired with person B, and it is no different than person B being paired with person A) use the "combination" function on your graphing calculator.
8 Choose 42 (simplify using a graphing calc)
Or, you can visit this website for the formula http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations.html
(