If a committee of 10 members is to be formed from 8 men and 6 women, then the number of different possible…

If a committee of 10 members is to be formed from 8 men and 6 women, then the number of different possible committees in which the men are in majority is
  1. 931
  2. 175
  3. 48
  4. 595

Solution

If men are in majority men can be $6,7,8$ in number
Number of such ways $={ }^8 C_6 \times{ }^6 C_4+{ }^8 C_7 \times{ }^6 C_3+{ }^8 C_8 \times{ }^6 C_2=595$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2024 (21 May Shift 1)

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