A law firm has eleven male and ten female lawyers. A committee of five, two male lawyers and three female lawyers, is to be chosen to represent the firm at a conference. How many committees are possible? (If necessary, type the number with no commas or spaces. For example: 258963)

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satellite73 · Answer

same as the last one $$\binom{11}{2}\times \binom{10}{3}$$

satellite73 · Answer

i.e. the number of ways to choose 2 out of 11 times the number of ways to choose 3 out of 10

elizabethpase · Answer

see i did that last time and i got the wrong answer

satellite73 · Answer

did you multiply?

satellite73 · Answer

here it is in the calculator

satellite73 · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(11+choose+2)*(10+choose+3)

elizabethpase · Answer

no, from that first step i think i plugged in the wrong numbers
in different order

elizabethpase · Answer

so the answer is 6600? or do i have to multiply again?

satellite73 · Answer

that is the final answer

elizabethpase · Answer

okay thank you so much for your help!