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OpenStudy (anonymous):

in how many ways can a team of 5 members be formed from a group of 10 scientists consisting of 4 chemists and 7 physicists if a particular chemist and particular physicist can't be both in the research team? answer is said to be C(11,5) - C(9,3) which i don't understand where C(9,3) came from O:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Did u typed the full question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think you must use combination in answering this problem..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@jedai17 i'm aware of that, but how?

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