SOLUTION: A committee of 11 people, six women and five men, is forming a subcommittee that is to be made up of two women and three men. In how many ways can the subcommittee be formed?

SOLUTION: A committee of 11 people, six women and five men, is forming a subcommittee that is to be made up of two women and three men. In how many ways can the subcommittee be formed?

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Question 765459: A committee of 11 people, six women and five men, is forming a subcommittee that is to be made up of two women and three men. In how many ways can the subcommittee be formed?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are (6 C 2)*(5 C 3) = (15)*(10) = 150 different ways to form the subcommittee.

Note: I'm using the formula

n C r = (n!)/(r!*(n-r)!)
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