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is this not a permutation because the members are different
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Like most DS problems we actually dont have to solve till we get a final answer , ( unless we have to )

Here: 6 member - how many possible committees can be formed

just from this stem we could solve for the answer if this is a PS : 2 ^ 6 ( why ? - there could be a committe with 0 members or 1 or 2 .....or all 6 members )

(1) constraint: atleast 2 members per committee : 2^6 ( from above) - 1 ( 0 member committee ) - 6 ( 1 member committees) = 64 -7 ( but we are not required to solve here ) --- this eliminates B, C, E if you are using the AD/BCE grid method
(2) constraint : anything other than 1 member committee - we ll still be able to arrive at a finite answer based on the above logic

So ans is D
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is this not a permutation because the members are different

not quite. Because , here ordering does not matter. You just need to form a committee with x members out of 6 ( where constraints for x are given )

It does not matter whom you pick first. Its ultimately who all form the committee.

Permutation - order matters
Combination - order does not matter ( just picking a subset from a group) - e.g Here subset {A,B,C} is same as { B,C,A } - we consider them the same and we dont count them as 2 different subsets - Hence nCx < nPx mostly
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