SOLUTION: Suppose that there are 6 men and 4 women working at an engineering firm. How many ways are there to select four engineers for the project team if the team must consist of two men

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Question 988894: Suppose that there are 6 men and 4 women working at an engineering firm. How many ways are there to select four engineers for the project team if the team must consist of two men and two women?

Answer by Shai(25)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
There are 6 men and 4 women.
We need to select 4 engineers such that in those 4 engineers,2 have to be men and 2 women.
Thus the equation becomes(6C2 * 4C2) = 90

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