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Grade 11Algebra

a committee of 5 is to be formed from 9 ladies and 8 men if the community commands a lady majority then the number of ways this can be done, is

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago
Dear student
 
L for Ladies
M for men
 
majority of ladies can be happened by following ways-
 
5L, 4L 1M, 3L 2M
 
hence
 
9C5 + 9C4 8C3 + 9C3 8C2
 
 = 126 + 7056 + 2352 = 9534