Number of different committees.

**bahadarali** · February 10th 2011, 10:40 PM

Q30: A school committee of 2 teachers and 4 students. The number of
different committees that can be formed from 5 teachers and 10
students is:
10
15
2100
D. 8
how?

**FernandoRevilla** · February 10th 2011, 10:53 PM

There are $\binom{5}{2}$ ways of choosing the teachers and $\binom{10}{4}$ ways of choosing the students. The number of different committees that can be formed is $\binom{5}{2}\binom{10}{4}=\ldots$

Fernando Revilla

**Prove It** · February 10th 2011, 11:21 PM

By the way, what is MCQ? (Incidentally they're the first three letters of my last name :P)

**pickslides** · February 10th 2011, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Prove It

By the way, what is MCQ? (Incidentally they're the first three letters of my last name :P)

I saw it as 'multiple choice question', lucky you're not a teacher!

**Prove It** · February 11th 2011, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by pickslides

I saw it as 'multiple choice question', lucky you're not a teacher!

I AM a teacher :P

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