There are 5 men and 8 women available for a 5-person committee. If the committee must have at least one man and one woman, how many possible committees are there?

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There are 5 men and 8 women available for a 5-person committee. If the committee must have at least one man and one woman, how many possible committees are there?

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since they need at least 1 man and 1 woman the posibilties are

1 man 4 women
2 men 3 women
3 men 2 women
4 men 1 woman

Darien answered Aug 10, 2018

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