SOLUTION: There are 5 women and 7 men. How many different committees of 3 men can be formed?

Question 764963: There are 5 women and 7 men. How many different committees of 3 men can be formed?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 5 women and 7 men. How many different committees of 3 men can be formed?
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# of ways to pick 3 men: 7C3 = (7*6*5)/(1*2*3) = 35
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# of ways to pick any number of the 5 women:: 2^5 = 32
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Total # of possible committees: 35*32 = 1120
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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