SOLUTION: 1. A committee of 5 people is to be chosen from a group of 8 women and 10 men. a. How many different committees are possible? How many are possible if the following restricti

Question 732241: 1. A committee of 5 people is to be chosen from a group of 8 women and 10 men.
a. How many different committees are possible?
How many are possible if the following restrictions are enforced
b. The committee must feature both men and women?
c. The committee must feature 3 women and two men?
d. The committee must have more women than men?

I am having a hard time with these questions, all I have so far for a is:
8P5= 6720 committees from the group of 8 women
10P5= 30, 240 committees from the group of 10 men
18P5= 1,028,160 committees from both groups

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