A company is selecting 6 people to be on a committee. There are 26 employees eligible to be on the committee. What is the total number of ways the committee may be formed if the employees are selected at random and each employee will have a different position on the committee? (One person will be president, another vice president,

A company is selecting 6 people to be on a committee. There are 26 employees eligible to be on the committee. What is the total number of ways the committee may be formed if the employees are selected at random and each employee will have a different position on the committee? (One person will be president, another vice president,

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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