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why i can not do like this:

formation has to have at-least 1 professor :
we chose no of ways i can select 1 professor : 4c1= 4 ways
no we have to select 2 more people and since our requirement of atleast 1 professor is already met can we not select the remaining 2 people out of 9 in 9c2 ways i.e (9*8*7!)/(2!*7!)=36 ways
so total no of ways=4*36

i know i am doing something wrong , can i get some help please

The number you get will have duplications.

Consider the group of three professors {ABC}
Say you select professor A with 4C1, next you can get professors B and C with 9C2: {A}{BC}. Now, with the same method you can get the following group {B}{AC}, which is basically the same group.

Does this make sense?
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09 Sep 2013, 06:35
Bunuel wrote:
tyagigar wrote:
why i can not do like this:

formation has to have at-least 1 professor :
we chose no of ways i can select 1 professor : 4c1= 4 ways
no we have to select 2 more people and since our requirement of atleast 1 professor is already met can we not select the remaining 2 people out of 9 in 9c2 ways i.e (9*8*7!)/(2!*7!)=36 ways
so total no of ways=4*36

i know i am doing something wrong , can i get some help please

The number you get will have duplications.

Consider the group of three professors {ABC}
Say you select professor A with 4C1, next you can get professors B and C with 9C2: {A}{BC}. Now, with the same method you can get the following group {B}{AC}, which is basically the same group.

Does this make sense?

thanks a lot, this makes perfect sense
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22 Apr 2014, 02:47
Can any one tell where the below approach went wrong?

Selecting one professor from 4 * select any two from the remaining nine members
4c1 * 9c2 = 4 * 9*8/2*1 = 144
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22 Apr 2014, 02:53
saiyanVegeta wrote:
Can any one tell where the below approach went wrong?

Selecting one professor from 4 * select any two from the remaining nine members
4c1 * 9c2 = 4 * 9*8/2*1 = 144

Check here: 4-professors-and-6-students-are-being-considered-for-85865-20.html#p1265096

Hope it helps.
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25 Feb 2015, 10:28
In this problem, may I ask why we divided by the part in red?

10!/(7!3!) - 6!/(3!3!) = 100

I understand the idea, and the first part is perfectly clear. I understand subtracting the possibility of no teachers, but what does 3!3! mean?
Now, I understand why it is not 6!/3!, but in this case 3!3! seems to mean 3 students selected and 3 not selected. Or not...?
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25 Feb 2015, 16:11
Hi pacifist85,

The approach that you are referencing is meant to do the entire calculation in one gigantic "move", which I'm not a big fan of. It's simple enough to break the calculation into 3 "pieces" and then add together the results.

However, since you asked though, this calculation is based on two ideas:

1) You have to choose 3 people from a group of 10 (that's the first part of the calculation)
2) Since the group has to include at least 1 professor, you CAN'T have a group that is made up of 3 students.

Since there are 6 total students, there are 6!/3!3! different groups of 3 students that could be formed. We have to REMOVE those options from the prior part of the calculation. This gives us:

(All possible groups of 3) - (All groups of 3 that are JUST students) = (groups of 3 with at least 1 professor).

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happyface101 wrote:
Can someone please help me understand why is 6C3 (choose 3 students from 6 students) = 6!/(3!3!) so 6*5*4/(3*2) -->20 ways, instead of simply 6*5*4 following the reasoning that choice #1 - you can pick from 6 students, choice #2 - you can pick from 5 students, and finally choice #3 - you can pick from 4 students.

Thanks so much!

Hi,

See the Question, AT LEAST 1 Professor
In every scenario, you need to count at least 1 or more than 1 professor, to obtain 3 Supervisory committee member.

Case 1.
:- 1 Professor, 1 student, 1 Student = 3 Total member.
Now, using the slot method or directly using combination formula, you can select 1 Professor out of 4 {4c1}, in 4 way. Similarly you can select 2 student out of 6 by {6c2} = 15 way .
Now, as per Multiplication Principle, 15 * 4 = 60.

Case 2. :- 2 Professor, 1 student = 3 total member.
Using the Combination formula, 2 Professor out of 4 {4c2}, in 6 way. Similarly for 1 student out of 6 by {6c1} = 6 way .
-> 6 * 6 = 36.

Case 3:- Similarly we can go for 3 professor (remember at least one and no limitation till three, as only 3 Supervisory committee member required), without selecting any student.
This can done in {6c3} = 4 way.

Add, case 1 + Case 2 + case3 -> 60 + 36 +4 = 100, is the correct answer.

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02 Nov 2015, 14:22
I did a little bit different.

Total number of ways:
C = 10! / 3! 7! = 120

Total number of ways that I cannot have any professor, just students:
6/10 * 5/9 * 4/8 = 1/6

1/6*120 = 20 ways that I will only have students

Total number - only students = At least one professor
120 - 20 = 100 ways
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