There are 9 executives, including the CEO and CFO, that are asked to form a small team of 4 members. However, the CEO and CFO may not both be assigned to the team. Given this constraint, how many ways are there to form the team?  Choose one: A) 97 B) 99 C) 101 D) 103 E) 105

Rationale: the total number of ways to form a team of 4 is 9 c 4 = 126 . we need to subtract the number of teams that have both the ceo and the cfo . the number of teams with both the ceo and cfo is 7 c 2 = 21 . the number of ways to form an acceptable team is 126 - 21 = 105 . the answer is e .
Answer: E