Thread: Discrete Mathamatics

A committee of 7 people is to be formed form a group of 20 people, 11 of which are women?

a) In how many ways can this be done?

b)If the committee must consist of 4 women and 3 men, in how many ways can this be done?

Originally Posted by msmall13@yahoo.com

A committee of 7 people is to be formed form a group of 20 people, 11 of which are women?

a) In how many ways can this be done?

The number of ways this can be done is . We use combinations, for order doesn't matter here.

b)If the committee must consist of 4 women and 3 men, in how many ways can this be done?

The number of ways this can be done is (I believe...can someone verify this?)

Do you see why this is the case?

I hope this helps!

--Chris

Hello,

Originally Posted by Chris L T521

The number of ways this can be done is (I believe...can someone verify this?)

Do you see why this is the case?

I hope this helps!

--Chris

Why is there the red part ?