A small start-up company with 15 employees will select its 4 board members from among the employees. How many different groups of board members are possible?

Can anyone help? Thanks!

Question

A small start-up company with 15 employees will select its 4 board members from among the employees. How many different groups of board members are possible?

Can anyone help? Thanks!

kropot72 · Answer

You need to find how many combinations there are of the 15 employees taken 4 at a time:
15C4.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah I got that far, but the thing is I am confused on how to compute 15C4. Thanks. @kropot72

kropot72 · Answer

$$15C4=\frac{15!}{4!11!}=\frac{15\times14\times13\times12}{4\times3\times2\times1}=you\ can\ calculate$$