A baking club wants to form an executive committee. There are $15$ people in the baking club, including Mark. In how many ways can the baking club form an executive committee with $2$ people, including Mark?
Well if there are 15 people including mark, then there are 14 people excluding him. If we want an executive committee with 2 people, one of which is mark, then we need one other person who isn't mark. There are 14 people that we can choose from. So the answer would be 14. at least thats what im interpreting the question as