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How many different committees can be formed from 11 teachers and 48 students?

Let $n$ be the number of teachers and $m$ be the number of students.

We are given that $n=11$ and $m=48$.

We want to form a committee consisting of teachers and students.

Let $k$ be the number of teachers in the committee and $l$ be the number of students in the committee.

The number of ways to choose $k$ teachers from $n=11$ teachers is given by the binomial coefficient:

$$ \binom{n}{k} = \binom{11}{k} = \frac{11!}{k!(11-k)!} $$

The number of ways to choose $l$ students from $m=48$ students is given by the binomial coefficient:

$$ \binom{m}{l} = \binom{48}{l} = \frac{48!}{l!(48-l)!} $$

The number of ways to form a committee with $k$ teachers and $l$ students is given by the product:

$$ \binom{11}{k} \binom{48}{l} $$

Since we can choose any number of teachers from 0 to 11 and any number of students from 0 to 48, we need to sum over all possible values of $k$ and $l$:

$$ \sum_{k=0}^{11} \sum_{l=0}^{48} \binom{11}{k} \binom{48}{l} $$

We can rewrite this sum as:

$$ \sum_{k=0}^{11} \binom{11}{k} \sum_{l=0}^{48} \binom{48}{l} $$

By the binomial theorem, we know that:

$$ \sum_{k=0}^{11} \binom{11}{k} = 2^{11} $$

$$ \sum_{l=0}^{48} \binom{48}{l} = 2^{48} $$

Therefore, the total number of different committees that can be formed is:

$$ 2^{11} \times 2^{48} = 2^{11+48} = 2^{59} $$

Thus, there are $2^{59}$ different committees that can be formed from 11 teachers and 48 students.

Final Answer: The final answer is $\boxed{2^{59}}$

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