SOLUTION: I can write the formula for this problem but seem to be solving it wrong, please help. A company has 8 male and 7 female employees, and needs to nominate 3 men and 3 women for t

Question 1183567: I can write the formula for this problem but seem to be solving it wrong, please help.
A company has 8 male and 7 female employees, and needs to nominate 3 men and 3 women for the company bowling team. How many different teams can be formed?
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different teams can be formed
Answer by ikleyn(52756)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You select 3 men from 8 males by = = 56 different ways. You select 3 women from 8 females by = = 36 different ways. HENCE, you can nominate 3 men and 3 women by 56*36 = 1960 different ways. The formula is .

Solved and carefully explained.

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This problem is on COMBINATIONS.

On Combinations, see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - Fundamental counting principle problems
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".

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