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An office has 6 employees; there are 5 female employees and 1 male employee. In how many ways can a 3-person committee be created if the committee must include the male employee?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 24
E. 30
The OA is A
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In order to ensure that the 3-person committee includes the male employee, we'll start by placing the male employee on the committee.BTGmoderatorLU wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:19 pmSource: Magoosh
An office has 6 employees; there are 5 female employees and 1 male employee. In how many ways can a 3-person committee be created if the committee must include the male employee?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 24
E. 30
The OA is A
Our task now is to choose 2 more people (from the 5 female employees) to join the male on the committee.
Since the order in which we select the two people does not matter, we can use combinations.
We can select 2 employees from 5 employees in 5C2 ways (= 10 ways)
Answer: A
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Brent