SOLUTION: An employer interviews 8 people for 6 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the 8 people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill t

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Question 804456: An employer interviews 8 people for 6 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the 8 people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill the computer programming positions if exactly 2 are women?
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An employer interviews 8 people for 6 computer programming positions in a company, and 3 of the 8 people are women. If all 8 are qualified, in how many ways can the employer fill the computer programming positions if exactly 2 are women?
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# of ways to succeed: 3C2*5C4 = 3*5 = 15
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# of possible grps of 6:: 8C6 = 8C2 = 28
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P(2women and 4men) = 15/28
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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