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A committee must be formed with 2 teachers and 4 students. If there are 11 teachers to choose from, and 16 students, how many different ways could the committee be made?

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The number of ways to select 2 teachers from 11 teachers are,


11C_2

The number of ways in which 4 students can be selected from 16 students are,


16C_4

The, the total number of ways in which the committe can be formed is,


\begin{gathered} n=11C_2*16C_4 \\ n=55*182 \\ n=10010 \end{gathered}

Thus, the answer is 10010.

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