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There are 8 members on a board of directors

There are 8 members on a board of directors. If they must form a subcommittee of 3 members, how many different subcommittees are possible?
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You are choosing three members form 8, so that the order of selecting them does not matter.
The notation for that is "8 choose 3", or
C(8,3), which is
8!/(5!3!) = 56
answered by: jaquelynn
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