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The principal would like to assemble a committee of 11 students from the 14-member student council. How many different committees can be chosen?

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Answer:

364 (Hope this helps ^^)

Explanation:

To calculate the number of different committees that can be chosen, we can use the concept of combinations.

In this case, we need to choose 11 students from a group of 14. The order in which the students are chosen does not matter.

The number of combinations, denoted as C(n, r), can be calculated using the formula:

C(n, r) = n! / (r! * (n - r)!)

Where n is the total number of students and r is the number of students to be chosen for the committee.

Plugging in the values:

n = 14

r = 11

C(14, 11) = 14! / (11! * (14 - 11)!)

Calculating the factorials:

14! = 14 * 13 * 12 * 11!

11! = 11 * 10 * 9!

Substituting the values back into the equation:

C(14, 11) = (14 * 13 * 12 * 11!) / (11! * (14 - 11)!)

The factorials in the numerator and denominator cancel out:

C(14, 11) = 14 * 13 * 12 / (14 - 11)!

Simplifying:

C(14, 11) = 14 * 13 * 12 / 3!

Calculating 3!:

3! = 3 * 2 * 1

Substituting back:

C(14, 11) = 14 * 13 * 12 / (3 * 2 * 1)

Cancelling out common factors:

C(14, 11) = 14 * 13 * 12 / 6

Calculating the numerator:

14 * 13 * 12 = 2184

Substituting back:

C(14, 11) = 2184 / 6

C(14, 11) = 364

Therefore, there are 364 different committees that can be chosen from the 14-member student council.

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