SOLUTION: You have 14 girls and 8 boys in your class. In how many ways can you create a committee of 4? And in how many ways can you create a committee of 4 if there has to be two boys an

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Question 1134765: You have 14 girls and 8 boys in your class.
In how many ways can you create a committee of 4?
And in how many ways can you create a committee of 4 if there has to be two boys and two girls?

Answer by ikleyn(52834)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1.  In the first case, in   =  =  = 7315 ways.



2.  In the second case,  in  . =  = 2548 ways.


Solved.

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