SOLUTION: A class contains 10 women and 5 men. Suppose that we choose three random students. How many ways can we choose exactly 1 women?

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Question 530550: A class contains 10 women and 5 men. Suppose that we choose three random students. How many ways can we choose exactly 1 women?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A class contains 10 women and 5 men. Suppose that we choose three random students. How many ways can we choose exactly 1 women?
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# of ways to choose 1 women: 10
# of ways to choose 2 men: 5C2 = 10
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Ans: 10*10 = 100 ways to choose 1 women and 2 men
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