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Old 2009 June 9th, 04:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
ameyp12
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Originally Posted by nomadmba View Post
3. There are 12 temp emloyees in a company. 4 of them will be hired at permanent staff. If 5 of 12 of the temp staff are women, how many of the possible groups of 4 temp employees can consist of 3 women and 1 man?

I know the last should be fairly simple but my mind just doesn't seem to process permutation and combination questions...

Thanks.
Total 12 temp --> 5 Women So 7 men
To select 3 W & 1 M --> Selection ... not arrangement ... So its Combination.
To select 3 from 5 women we have 5C3 ways
To select 1 from 7 men we have 7C1 ways
Total= 5C3 * 7C1
I would suggest just go over basics of Permutation / Combination
Here is some stuff to go over
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