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Question 729682: Hello, having some issues with this section. Can you please help?
There are 12 women and 16 men in a room. How many different committees of size 5 can be selected if the committee must have exactly 2 women and 3 men?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 12 women and 16 men in a room. How many different committees of size 5 can be selected if the committee must have exactly 2 women and 3 men?
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Ans: 12C2 * 16C3 = 66*80 = 5280 committees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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