A committee of 8 students is to be selected from 12 students in a fraternity. a. In how many ways can this be done? b. In how many ways can the group that will not take part be chosen?
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The number of ways to select 8 students out of 12 is given by the combination formula C(n, k) = n! / [k!(n-k)!], where n is the total number of students, k is the number of students to be selected, and ! denotes factorial. So, the number of ways to select 8 Show more…
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