Ok if I have 6 men, 7 women and I want to make a committee of 4 of them, and I want the number of ways I can have a committee with both sexes. OK the way I think I can do it is by doing
nPr(4,2)*nCr(7,2) for the number of ways i can order 2 women chosen from 7 in a possible of 2 positions.
Now I do the same for the number of men.
Next I do nPr(4,3) *nCr(7,3) for the combinations of 3 women chosen to fill 3 positions. Do the same for the men.
Now I add these two parts together. Is this a valid way of doing this type of problem?
2007-04-06
13:30:39
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Michael M
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