Hawa S.
asked • 05/06/22A committee consists of four members. If
there are three men and seven women
available to serve on the committee, how
many different committees can be formed?
Rodriguez R. answered • 06/30/22
Enthusiastic Maths, Physics and Statistics Tutor
The mention of "men" and "women" is superfluous if there is no restriction on the composition of the committee.
Thus, this is simply "10 choose 4" = 10! / [(10-4)! * 4!]
=10!/6! * 4! = 210
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