Question

An election ballot asks voters to select six city commissioners from a group of 24 candidates in how many ways can this be done? Six city commissioners can be selected from a group of 24 candidates in blank different ways

Answer 1

134,596 diffrent ways.

Explanation:

Combination has to do with selection. When n object is to be selected from n objects, this can be achieved using the combination formula as shown; \

nCr = n!/(n-r)!r!

If an election ballot asks voters to select six city commissioners from a group of 24 candidates, then the selection can be done in 24C6 different ways.

Applying the formula above:

24C6 = 24!/(24-6)!6!

24C6 = 24!/18!6!

24C6 = 24*23*22*21*20*19*18!/18!*6*5*4*3*2

24C6 = 24*23*22*21*20*19/24*30

24C6 = 23*22*21*20*19/30

24C6 = 134,596 different ways.

Hence, Six city commissioners can be selected from a group of 24 candidates in 134,596 different ways