a committe of 4 is to be selected from 6 men and 5 women. 1 particular man and 1 particular woman refuse to serve if the other person is on the committe. how many different committe may be formed
a committe of 4 is to be selected from 6 men and 5 women. 1 particular man and 1 particular woman refuse to serve if the other person is on the committe. how many different committe may be formed
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a committe of 4 is to be selected from 6 men and 5 women. 1 particular man and 1 particular woman refuse to serve if the other person is on the committe. how many different committe may be formed
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From the given information, there are 6 men and 5 women. That is, the total number of persons is 11(=6+5). And a committee of 4 members is formed.
The number of ways for forming 4 members committee is 11C4=330.
Consider, the number of ways for a particular woman and man serve together is 9C2=36.
The number of different ways if 1 particular man and 1 particular woman refuse to serve is, 330-36=294.
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