SOLUTION: A bag contains 5 apples and 3 oranges. If you select 4 pieces of fruit without looking, how many ways can you get exactly 3 apples? A) 60 ways B) 180 ways C) 20 ways D) 30 ways

Question 144614: A bag contains 5 apples and 3 oranges. If you select 4 pieces of fruit without looking, how many ways can you get exactly 3 apples?
A) 60 ways B) 180 ways
C) 20 ways D) 30 ways
can you please explain!
Answer by shahid(44) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we can get exactly three apples in ways but since we have to select four pieces so one orange can be selected in ways now by product rule
total ways to select four pieces = *
=*
= *
=12*3
=36
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