A class has 17 students, of which 3 are seniors. How many committees of size 3 can be selected if at least one member of each committee must be a senior?
The number of committees is?
Answer: 316
Explanation:
Since there are 3 seniors so there are 14 non-seniors.
So, number of committees with at least one senior member is given as:
All Possibilities - Possibilities of Number of committees with No Senior
Now, All Possibilites =
And, Possibilities of Number of committees with No Senior
So, the number of committees with at least one senior member = 680 - 364 = 316
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