SOLUTION: An office consists of seven men and four women. For each of the following questions, show your calculations.
a) How many ways can their manager choose a hiring committee of three
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Question 1014723: An office consists of seven men and four women. For each of the following questions, show your calculations.
a) How many ways can their manager choose a hiring committee of three staff from this office?
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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An office consists of seven men and four women. For each of the following questions, show your calculations.
a) How many ways can their manager choose a hiring committee of three staff from this office?
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= = 11*5*3 = 165 ways.
The number of combinations of 11 (11= 7 + 4) objects taken 3 at a time.
See the lesson Introduction to Combinations in this site.
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