There are five members on a student council. Two of these members will serve on a spring formal committee. How many possible spring formal committees are there

10

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

There are a total of 5 members on a student council.

2 of these members will serve in Spring Formal Committee.

To find:

How many possible spring formal committees can be there ?

Solution:

If the observe this problem closely, we are actually asked nothing but the number of ways to select 2 members out of 5.

This is a simple selection problem in which we have to find the number of ways to select objects out of .

The number of ways =

Here,

Hence, the required number of ways are:

So, the number of possible spring formal committees are 10.