How many ways can you select a committee of five members from a group of 10 people?

1 Answer
Mar 24, 2018

There are 252 ways to select a committee of five members from a group of 10 people.

Explanation:

The number of ways to select b people from a total of a people is (a!)/(b!*(a-b)!.

Plugging in 10 for a and 5 for b:
P = (10!)/(5!(10-5)!)
P = 3628800/(120*5!)
P = 3628800/14400
P = 252