document.write( "Question 1086412: A committee of 6 persons to be formed from 4 men and 6 women.In how many ways can this be done when atmost 3 women are included? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #700604 by math_helper(2461)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "1. If the committee has exactly 3 women:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "#ways of selecting 3 women * # ways of selecting 6-3=3 men: \n" ); document.write( "(6C3) x (4C3) = 6!/(3!*3!) * 4!/(3!*1!) = 20 * 4 = 80 ways \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2. If the committee has exactly 2 women: \n" ); document.write( "(6C2) x (4C4) = 6!/(4!*2!) * 4!/(4!0!) = 15 * 1 = 15 ways\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Those are the only two possibilities for #women and #men because if you tried to form the committee with just 1 woman, there wouldn't be enough men to make a committee of 6.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus, the answer is 80+15 = |