document.write( "Question 1039768: Committees of men and women. We want to select a committee of five members from a group of five women and six men. The order of selection is irrelevant.
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document.write( "three women and two men, or\r\n" );
document.write( "four women and one man, or \r\n" );
document.write( "five women and no men\r\n" );
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document.write( "(5 women choose 3) and (6 men choose 2) or\r\n" );
document.write( "(5 women choose 4) and (6 men choose 1) or\r\n" );
document.write( "(5 women choose 5) and (6 men choose 0) =\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"And\" means multiply, \"or\" means add.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(5C3)×(6C2) + (5C4)×(6C1) + (5C5)×(6C0)\r\n" );
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document.write( "[There is always 1 way to choose 0, and that 1 way is\r\n" );
document.write( "'to not choose any'.]\r\n" );
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