SOLUTION: There are 10 boys and 12 girls in Mrs. Schultz's math class. Find the number of ways Mrs. Schultz's can select a team of 3 students from the class to work on a group project. The t

Question 1028673: There are 10 boys and 12 girls in Mrs. Schultz's math class. Find the number of ways Mrs. Schultz's can select a team of 3 students from the class to work on a group project. The team is to consist of only girls

I wasn't sure of which rule of statistics I should use So i did 12/3=4 which some what made sense to me
Is the combination or permutation rule used in this problem...Please help me.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 10 boys and 12 girls in Mrs. Schultz's math class. Find the number of ways Mrs. Schultz's can select a team of 3 students from the class to work on a group project. The team is to consist of only girls
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Ans: 12C3 = (12*11*10)/(1*2*3) = 2*11*10 = 220 ways
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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