The members of the Student Activity Council on your campus are meeting to select two speakers for a month-long event celebrating artists and entertainers.The first names of the choices are Ben, Will, Stewart, Hilary, and Kate. How many different ways can the twotwo speakers be selected?
Answer: There are 20 different ways to select two speakers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have given that
Number of choices for speakers = 5
Ben, Will, Stewart, Hilary, and Kate.
We need to find the number of different ways to select the two speakers among them.
We will use "Fundamental theorem of Counting":
So, Number of different ways would be
\(5\times 4\\\\=20\)
Hence, there are 20 different ways to select two speakers.