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julie owns 7 different mathematics books and 4 different computer science books and wish to fill 5 positions on a shelf. if the first 2 positions are to be occupied by math books and the last 3 by computer science books, in how many ways can this be done?

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Answer:

First 3 positions can be filled in 7C3 ways; last 2 positions can be filled in 6C2 ways.

Evaluate each of these two numbers, and MULTIPLY them to produce the answer.

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