SOLUTION: There are 4 women and 6 men in an office. How many ways to select 5 people and get 1 woman?

Question 1191202: There are 4 women and 6 men in an office. How many ways to select 5 people and get 1 woman?

Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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5 people and 1 woman means 4 men and 1 woman.


You can select 4 men from 6 men by   =  = 15 different ways. 

You can select 1 woman from 4 women by  4 different ways. 


By combining these partial selections, you can form 4*15 = 60 different teams, as described.    ANSWER

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