A committee of 5 members is to be formed by selecting out of 4 men and 5 women. In how many different ways… · ABC26GN5305

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Permutations and Combinations · Exam: Bank P.O. 2005

A committee of 5 members is to be formed by selecting out of 4 men and 5 women. In how many different ways the committee can be formed if it should have 2 men and 3 women?

(a)16

(b)36

(c)45

(d)60

(e)None of these

Answer

Answer (as printed): D

Explanation

Required number of ways = (4C2 × 5C3) = (4C2 × 5C2)  4 × 3 5 × 4 =  × = 60.  2 × 1 2 × 1 

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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