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There are 8 women and 6 men in a department. a) how many ways can a committee of 3 be selected and b) how many ways can a committee be select
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There are 8 women and 6 men in a department. a) how many ways can a committee of 3 be selected and b) how many ways can a committee be select
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Question 447837: How would I solve a question such as:
There are 8 women and 6 men in a department. a) how many ways can a committee of 3 be selected and b) how many ways can a committee be selected if there must be 3 men and 3 women on the committee? Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! nCr=combination of n things taken r at a time.=n!/((n-r)!*r!)
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a)14C3=364 ways
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b)(8C3)(6C3)
=56*20
=1120 ways
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Ed
