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There are 15 boys and 13 girls assigned to Mr. Higgins Advanced algebra class. M

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Question

There are 15 boys and 13 girls assigned to Mr. Higgins Advanced algebra class. Mr. Massaroni’s class has fewer students than Mr. Higgins class. How many ways could 3 boys and 1 girl be transferred to Mr. Massaroni’s class from Mr. Higgin’s class?



There are 15 boys and 13 girls assigned to Mr. Higgins Advanced algebra class. Mr. Massaroni’s class has fewer students than Mr. Higgins class. How many ways could 3 boys and 1 girl be transferred to Mr. Massaroni’s class from Mr. Higgin’s class?

There are 15 boys and 13 girls assigned to Mr. Higgins Advanced algebra class. Mr. Massaroni’s class has fewer students than Mr. Higgins class. How many ways could 3 boys and 1 girl be transferred to Mr. Massaroni’s class from Mr. Higgin’s class?





Explanation / Answer

Since we have to select, it is the problem of combinations, we have to select 3 boys and 1 girl from 15 boys and 13 girls so the number of possible ways are

15c3*13c1 = 15*14*13* 13 = 35490