SOLUTION: There are 5 boys and 4 girls in a class. A committee of 5 is to be selected such that there are 3 boys and 2 girls in the committee. In how many ways the committee can the committe

Question 388805: There are 5 boys and 4 girls in a class. A committee of 5 is to be selected such that there are 3 boys and 2 girls in the committee. In how many ways the committee can the committee be selected?. Also in how many ways can the committee be selected if there are at least one boy in the committee.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nCr=combination of n things taken r at a time = n!/((n-r)!*r!)
5C3 * 4C2
=10*6
=60 ways
.
There has to be at least one boy on the committee.
9C5=126
.
Ed
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