SOLUTION: a committe of 8 students is to be chosen from 10 boys and 8 girls, in how many ways can this be done if:
a) the committe must contain AT LEAST one girl?
b)jack (one of the 10
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Question 460305: a committe of 8 students is to be chosen from 10 boys and 8 girls, in how many ways can this be done if:
a) the committe must contain AT LEAST one girl?
b)jack (one of the 10 boys) and jill (one of the 8 girls) insist on being on the committe?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
committees of 8 students from 10 boys and 8 girls.
18C8=43758
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a)
10C8=45 committees without girls.
43758-45=43713 committees with at least one girl.
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b)
Now we choose committees with 6 people out of 16
16C6=8008
.
Ed
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