The academic computing committee at a college is in the process of evaluating different computer systems. The committee consists of four ​administrators, six ​faculty, and four students. A six​-person subcommittee is to be formed. The chair and vice chair of the committee must be​ administrators; the remainder of the committee will consist of faculty and students. In how many ways can this subcommittee be​ formed?
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To form the subcommittee, we first need to choose the chair and vice-chair from the administrators. Since there are 4 administrators and the chair and vice-chair must be administrators, this can be done in (4/2) ways.

After selecting the chair and vice-chair, we need to choose 4 more members from the remaining faculty and students. There are 6 faculty and 4 students remaining, making a total of 10 people to choose from. We need to choose 4 people from these 10, which can be done in (10/4)ways.

Therefore, the total number of ways the subcommittee can be formed is:

\[ \binom{4}{2} \times \binom{10}{4} \]

\[ = \frac{4!}{2! \times (4-2)!} \times \frac{10!}{4! \times (10-4)!} \]

\[ = \frac{4 \times 3}{2 \times 1} \times \frac{10 \times 9 \times 8 \times 7}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} \]

\[ = 6 \times 210 \]

\[ = 1260 \]

So, the subcommittee can be formed in 1260 ways.

Therefore, the answer is: 1260.

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