Astudent council is to be chosen from a class of 12 students consisting of a president, a vice president, and 3 committee members . how many such councils are possible?

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Explanation:

From the question, there are 12 students in the class. The selection is to involve five persons, a president, vice president and three committee members. Combination in mathematics has to do with selection from among a group. Hence we select five persons out of a group of 12 as shown in the solution attached.