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there are 12 boys and 14 girls in Mrs. aguilar's math class. Find the number of ways that mrs. aguilar can select a team of 3 students from the class to work on a group project. the team should consist of 1 girl and 2 boys​

Sagot :

Answer:

Total number of girls in the group =4

Total number of boys in the group =7

Probability of selecting atleast one boy and one girl =?

By considering following ways we can select

i) 1 girls +4 boys ⇒

4

C

1

×

7

C

4

ii) 2 girls +3 boys ⇒

4

C

2

×

7

C

3

iii) 3 girls +2 boys ⇒

4

C

3

×

7

C

2

iv) 4 girls +1 boy ⇒

4

C

4

×

7

C

1

Total number of ways =(

4

C

1

×

7

C

4

)+(

4

C

2

×

7

C

3

)+(

4

C

3

×

7

C

2

)+(

4

C

4

×

7

C

1

)

=140+210+84+7

=441