Question

A committee consisting of 4 faculty members and 5 students is to be formed. Every committee position has the same duties and voting rights. There are 10 faculty members and 13 students eligible to serve on the committee. In how many ways can the committee be formed?

Answer 1

The number of ways to form the committee is formed = 637065

Solution:

The number of combinations of n things such that m things taken together are given by:-

`C_{(\boldsymbol{n}, \boldsymbol{m})}=\frac{n !}{m !(\boldsymbol{n}-\boldsymbol{m}) !}`

Given Data:

A committee consisting of 4 faculty members and 5 students is to be formed. There are 12 faculty members and 13 students eligible to serve on the committee.

Then, the number of ways to form the committee is formed given by :-

`\begin{array}{l}{12 C_(4) * 13 C_(5)} \\\\ {=(12 !)/(4 !(12-4) !) * (13 !)/(5 !(13-5) !)} \\\\ {=(12 !)/(4 ! 8 !) * (13 !)/(5 ! 8 !)} \\\\ {(12 * 11 * 10 * 9 * 8 !)/(27 * 8 !) * (13 * 12 * 11 * 10 * 9 * 8)/(120 * 8 !)} \\\\ {=637065}\end{array}`

Hence, the number of ways to form the committee is formed = 637065