A university needs to select an eight-member committee on extracurricular life, whose members must belong either to the student government or to the student advisory board. If the student government consists of 9 members, the student advisory board consists of 8 members, and 6 students hold membership in both organizations, how many different committee are possible?	Choose the correct choice from the following options:
A) 165	B) 194	C) 212	D) 236	E) 300
student government + the student advisory board consists of  9 + 8= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 9 + 8</gadget>
<output>17</output>
17 members.   6 students hold membership in both, so they were counted twice.   The total number of people to choose from is 17 - 6= 
<gadget id="calculator">17 - 6</gadget>
<output>11</output>
11   The number of ways to choose 8 members from 11 is 11C8= 165   The answer is 165.
<result>A</result>
A university needs to select an eight-member committee on extracurricular life, whose members must belong either to the student government or to the student advisory board. If the student government consists of 9 members, the student advisory board consists of 8 members, and 6 students hold membership in both organizations, how many different committee are possible?