Question

A committee that consists of five members are to be chosen from 6 boys and 5 girls. Find the number of different committees that can be formed if only two boys are selected​

Answer 1

150 different committees can be formed

Explanation:

We have 6 boys and 5 girls and we want to select 5 members

Out of these 5 members, two boys are selected

Since two boys are selected, we are left with three girls

So, out of 6 boys, we select 2 boys and out of 5 girls, we select 3 girls

Mathematically, we know that the number of ways in which we can select r items from a total n follows the combinatorial formula;

nCr = n!/(n-r)!r!

With this, we have;

6C2 * 5C3

= (6!/(6-2)!2!) * (5!/(5-3)!3!) = 150 different committees can be formed