A school director must randomly select 6 teachers to participate in a training session. There are 34 teachers at the school. In how many different ways can these teachers be selected, if the order of selection does not matter?

Respuesta :

The selection of r object out of n, is carried out in C(n, r) many ways, 

where [tex]C(n, r)= \frac{n!}{r!(n-r!)} [/tex]

n! meaning 1*2*3*....*(n-1)*n


According to this, the selection of 6 teachers out of 34, can be carried out in C(34, 6) many different ways.

[tex]C(34, 6)= \frac{34!}{6!(34-6!)}=\frac{34!}{6!(28!)}= \frac{34*33*32*31*30*29*28!}{6!28!}= \frac{34*33*32*31*30*29}{6!}[/tex]

[tex]=\frac{34*33*32*31*30*29}{6*5*4*3*2*1}= 34*11*4*31*29=1,344,904[/tex]