SOLUTION: A 3 person jury must be selected at random (without replacement) from a pool of 12 people that has 7 men and 5 women. How many ways can a jury of 2 men and 1 woman be selected?
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Question 1152940: A 3 person jury must be selected at random (without replacement) from a pool of 12 people that has 7 men and 5 women. How many ways can a jury of 2 men and 1 woman be selected? Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source):
Actually, you select 2 men from 7 men and 1 woman from 5 women.
These selections are INDEPENDENT; therefore, the answer to the problem's question is
. = . = 7*3*5 = 105 different ways.
Solved.
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