a small company has 20 employees five of whom are going to b

a small company has 20 employees, five of whom are going to be selected to lead a work commmitte. in how many ways can the work committee be formed?

Solution

A committee does not depend on the order they are drawn.

hence, we use combinations.

Thus, there are 20C5 = 15504 ways [ANSWER]

to form a committee of 5.