Worksheet 6 in Mathematics: Combination

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A. Solve the following:

1. A committee of 6 officials is to be chosen from 8 men and 7 women. If the

committee is to maintain at least 5 women, how many ways can they be chosen?

2. How many different committees can be formed, each consisting of 4 men and 4
women from a pool of 9 men and 10 women?

3. A group of 15 boys and 12 girls are planning to have a beach party. How many
different committees of 3 boys and 2 girls can be formed from this group of
students?

4. The Math Club consists of 15 members. Four of them will represent the school in
a math competition against other schools. If the adviser of the Math club
randomly selects these 4 students, how many different selections of 4 students
are possible?

5. Mr. Padilla has 25 students. He plans to select 5 of them to clean the auditorium
for the coming Christmas party. If he randomly selects these 5 students, how
many different groups of 5 students are possible?
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6. Mr. Dela Cruz needs to select 9 players for his basketball team. There are a total
of 20 available players. Assuming that all of them can play any position, how
many different teams are possible?

7. Ms. Canda needs to select a group of 10 students to be trained for a dance

competition against other schools. If there are a total of 35 students available,
how many different groups are possible?

8. Three security guards must be assigned during the night. How many ways can
these 3 security guard be chosen from 8 available security guards?

9. Beth has 8 friends. How many ways can she invite one or more of them to dinner?

10. There are 10 math teachers in the math department. How many ways can one
or more of them be invited to dinner?