Decide if the situation involves permutations, combinations, or neither. Explain

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Decide if the situation involves permutations, combinations, or neither. Explain your reasoning. The number of ways a four-member committee can be chosen from 10 people. Does the situation involve permutations, combinations, or neither? Choose the correct answer below. A. Neither. A line of people is neither an ordered arrangement of objects, nor a selection of objects from a group of objects. B. Combination. The order of the committee members does not matter. C. Permutation. The order of the committee members matters.

Explanation / Answer

Correct option B; Combination. The order of committee members does not matter.

EXPLANATION:

Combination focuses on the selection of objects without regard to the order in which they are selected.

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