SOLUTION: There are eleven female board members and nineteen male board members. How many ways are there to make a committee of six board members if exactly two must be female?

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Question 1206390: There are eleven female board members and nineteen male board members.
How many ways are there to make a committee of six board members if exactly two must be female?

Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The number of combinations of two female board members from 11 female board members 

multiplied by the number of combinations of four male board members from 19 male board members.


    =  = 55 * 3876 = 213180.    ANSWER

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