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by Ashetty » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:48 pm
A certain co employees 6 senior officers and 4 junior officers . If a committee is to be created that is made up of 3 senior officers & 1 junior officers .How many different committees are possible?.
A)8
B)24
C)58
D)80
E)210

Ans: 80
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by Anurag@Gurome » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:33 pm
Ashetty wrote:A certain co employees 6 senior officers and 4 junior officers . If a committee is to be created that is made up of 3 senior officers & 1 junior officers .How many different committees are possible?.
A)8
B)24
C)58
D)80
E)210

Ans: 80
Total number of committees possible are 6C3*4C1 = 80.
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by saketk » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:19 am
Ashetty wrote:A certain co employees 6 senior officers and 4 junior officers . If a committee is to be created that is made up of 3 senior officers & 1 junior officers .How many different committees are possible?.
A)8
B)24
C)58
D)80
E)210

Ans: 80
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