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Question 1061645: The football team is going to select three captains from their 60 players, 8 of which are seniors. How many possible captains can be picked if two have to be seniors? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two have to be seniors. That is 8C2=28 ways
The third person can be chosen from any of the other 52 players.
Therefore, it is 28*52=1456 ways.