SOLUTION: Please help!!!! Given a group of 8 women and 11 men, how many different ways are there of choosing one man and one woman for a committee?

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Question 668520: Please help!!!!
Given a group of 8 women and 11 men, how many different ways are there of choosing one man and one woman for a committee?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, swincher4391:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If this is a 2 person committee, then there are 8*11 = 88 ways to do this.

Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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(8 choose 1) ways to choose 1 woman from 8 women.
(11 choose 1) ways to choose 1 man from 11 men.
(8 choose 1) * (11 choose 1) = 88.