Question

At a high school 7 student volunteer for a committtee how many different 5 person committees can be chosen

Answer 1

Total number of volunteer students for a committee = 7
Number of committee = 5

Number of ways of selecting the committee from the 7 volunteers = 7C5 = 7!/(5!*2!) = 21 ways.

There are 21 ways in which the 5-committee member can be selected from the 7 volunteers.