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A committee of three is to be chosen from six. How many unique committees result?

(A) 20
(B) 40
(C) 60
(D) 105
(E) 120
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6C3 = 20

Hence answer = A
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A committee of three is to be chosen from six. How many unique committ Updated on: 17 Aug 2017, 12:00
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6C3 = 20

Hence answer = A
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is it 20?

6C1 * 5C1 * 4C1 =120
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6 x 5 x 4 = 120 = E

6 members. 3 slots. Members can't be selected multiple times.
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Imo it should 6p3... I.e. 120.

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6C3 = 20

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is it 20?

6C1 * 5C1 * 4C1 =120
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What 6*4*3 does that it eliminates the repitations of a member that is selected in the previous slots in the committee but

6C3 tells all possible unique combinations

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Is it 20?
6c3?
how is it 6p3? thanks
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Answer is 20
Example take a committee of 2 to be chosen from 4
A,B,C,D be members
Then AB BC CD AD BD AC are the
Unique committees
That is 4C2=6.
Similarly 6C3 there and it is 20../



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A committee of three is to be chosen from six. How many unique committees result?

(A) 20
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(D) 105
(E) 120
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Because the order of selection doesn’t matter, this is a combination problem. The number of ways to select 3 people from 6 is 6C3 = 6!/[3!(6-3)!] = (6 x 5 x 4)/3! = (6 x 5 x 4)/(3 x 2) = 20.

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A committee of three is to be chosen from six. How many unique committees result?

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6*5*4*3!/(3!*3!)= 20
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6C3
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I consider it below 500 Level Question
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