SOLUTION: An employer interviews 8 people for 5 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill th

SOLUTION: An employer interviews 8 people for 5 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill th

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Question 1088758: An employer interviews 8 people for 5 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the
people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill the computer programming positions if exactly 1 is a woman?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 ways to choose the 1 woman.
the other 5 are men who will fill 4 positions.
5C4=5 ways that can happen.
15 total ways altogether.
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