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A committee is composed of a president, a vice president, an
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08 Oct 2017, 22:41
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A committee is composed of a president, a vice president, and a treasurer. If five people are running for president, six people are running for vice president, and three are running for treasurer, how many unique committees result?
(A) 15
(B) 45
(C) 75
(D) 90
(E) 120
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(A) 15
(B) 45
(C) 75
(D) 90
(E) 120
Kudos for correct solution.
Re: A committee is composed of a president, a vice president, an
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09 Oct 2017, 00:30
09 Oct 2017, 00:30
Bunuel wrote:
A committee is composed of a president, a vice president, and a treasurer. If five people are running for president, six people are running for vice president, and three are running for treasurer, how many unique committees result?
(A) 15
(B) 45
(C) 75
(D) 90
(E) 120
Kudos for correct solution.
(A) 15
(B) 45
(C) 75
(D) 90
(E) 120
Kudos for correct solution.
Since we need to have a committee consisting of 1 president out of 5 people, 1 vice president out of 6 people and 1 treasurer out of three people
i.e we can write as - 5C1 * 6C1 * 3C1 = 90
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05 Dec 2018, 05:08
05 Dec 2018, 05:08
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We can use simple FCP here.
5*6*3 = 90
5*6*3 = 90
