The principal would like to assemble a committee of 7 students from the the 11 member student council. How many different committees can be chosen?

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

This problem only wants to know how many ways to select 7 starting from a base of 11.

Nothing else matters. Not grades, not gender, not age, not qualifications, not order -- nothing. Just 7 out of 11.

That problem is a combination and is written as

(11)/(7)

The formula used is

11! / (7! (11 - 7)! )

11! /( 7! 4!) = 11 * 10 * 9 * 8 * 7! / (7! * 4!) The 7! s cancel out

11 * 10 * 9 * 8 / 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 330

first option

a function is a relation in which an input is paired with exactly one output.

so, let's find the right answer.

in our first option, our inputs are january, february, and march. the outputs are 30, 28, and 25. each input has it's own output. this is correct!

our second option we know is incorrect, because ms. valverade has two outputs, dogs and cats. this is not a function.

our third option is incorrect as well. the yellow square has two ouputs, the square and the triangle.

lastly, in our fourth option, we see the number 7 two times with a different output. therefore, this is not a function.

remember: each input must be paired with only one output!

any options?

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