Answer:
-176.........................
You're right.
Since the output has different number of jumps from one number to another.
Answer:
There are 17,418,240 different ways to choose the teams.
Step-by-step explanation:
Arrangements of n elements:
The number of possible arrangements of n elements is given by:

In how many different ways can the teams be chosen so that the number of employees on each project are as follows: 9, 4, 2?
This is:
Arrangement of 9 elements, followed by an arrangement of 4 elements followed by an arrangement of 2 elements. So

There are 17,418,240 different ways to choose the teams.
If 3/5 are action and 1/4 are comedy then:
(3/5)+(1/4) are action or comedy
To add/subtract fractions you need a common denominator...
(3/5)*(4/4)+(1/4)(5/5)
(12/20)+(5/20)
17/20
So 17/20 (85%) of his collection are action or comedy not 4/9...
To use the product of powers rule, the powers must have the same base. In this expression, the bases are 3 and 2, which are different, so the rule does not apply.