Question 1149503: A committee of 5 people is selected from a group of 7 men and 8 women. In how many ways can the committee be selected so it contains at least 1 woman?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
In all, there are 7+8 = 15 individuals,
and 5 people of 15 can can be selected in  ways.
It is the total possible number of groups of 5 individuals.
Now, the committee of 5 people, consisting of men ONLY, can be selected in  ways.
The answer to the problem question is the COMPLEMENT of to , i.e. the difference - .
You do the calculations, following my instructions.
Answered.
Shortly speaking, from the number of all possible groups of 5 I subtracted the number of such groups consisting of men only.
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