SOLUTION: Find the number of ways of selecting 3 prefects in a class of 15 boys and 10 girls if one of the prefect must Be girl.

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Question 1117242: Find the number of ways of selecting 3 prefects in a class of 15 boys and 10 girls if one of the prefect must Be girl.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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One must be a girl so one position has 10 choices.
The remaining positions have 24 choices (10+15-1).
N=10%2A24%2A23
N=5520