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Question 94829: The Acme Plumbing Company will send a team of 3 plumbers to work on a certain job. The company has 4 experienced plumbers and 4 trainees. If a team consists of 1 experienced plumber and 2 trainees, how many different such teams are possible? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The Acme Plumbing Company will send a team of 3 plumbers to work on a certain job. The company has 4 experienced plumbers and 4 trainees. If a team consists of 1 experienced plumber and 2 trainees, how many different such teams are possible?
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# of ways to pick the experienced plumber = 4
# of ways to pick 2 trainees = 4C2 = 6
# of different teams = 4*6 = 24
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