A committee must be formed with 2 teachers and 4 students. If there are 9 teachers
to choose from, and 9 students, how many different ways could the committee be
made?

Respuesta :

The total number of different committees that can be made is:

C = 4,536

In how many different ways could the committee be made?

If we have a set of N elements, the total number of different subsets of K elements that can be made out of these N is:

[tex]C(N, K) = \frac{N!}{(N - K)!*K!}[/tex]

So, the 2 teachers (out of 9) can be selected in:

[tex]C(9, 2) = \frac{9!}{7!*2!} = \frac{9*8}{2} = 36[/tex]

36 different ways.

The 4 students (out of 9) can be selected in:

[tex]C(9, 4) = \frac{9!}{5!*4!} = \frac{9*8*7*6}{4*3*2} = 126[/tex]

126 different ways.

The committee is formed by these two groups, so the total number of different committees that can be made is:

C = 36*126 = 4,536

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