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Nov 2014 p62 q1
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The 50 members of a club include both the club president and the club treasurer. All 50 members want to go on a coach tour, but the coach only has room for 45 people. In how many ways can 45 members be chosen if both the club president and the club treasurer must be included?
Solution
Since the club president and the club treasurer must be included, we need to choose the remaining 43 members from the other 48 members (50 total members minus the 2 already chosen).
The number of ways to choose 43 members from 48 is given by the combination formula: