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What is wrong with below approach? I'm getting the answer as 80.

We have two scenarios when Sam and elois are included and when they are not included

Not Included:
Then we have 4 boys total of which 3 are needed and 5 girls total of which 4 are needed:
count = 4C3*5C4
= 20
Included:
we already include sam and elois now, so reduce required people by1
Then we have still have 4 boys of which. 2 are needed and 5 girls of which 3 are needed:
count= 4C2*5C3
=60

Total count = 20+60
=80
Please help me if I did some mistake here
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What is wrong with below approach? I'm getting the answer as 80.

We have two scenarios when Sam and elois are included and when they are not included

Not Included:
Then we have 4 boys total of which 3 are needed and 5 girls total of which 4 are needed:
count = 4C3*5C4
= 20
Included:
we already include sam and elois now, so reduce required people by1
Then we have still have 4 boys of which. 2 are needed and 5 girls of which 3 are needed:
count= 4C2*5C3
=60

Total count = 20+60
=80
Please help me if I did some mistake here

The mistake is in splitting the cases.

The condition says: Sam is selected only if Eloise is selected.

That means if Sam is selected, Eloise must be selected. But it does not mean that Eloise can be selected only if Sam is selected.

So you missed this valid case:

Sam is not selected, but Eloise is selected.

Count for that case:

Boys: choose 3 from the other 4 boys = 4C3 = 4
Girls: Eloise is already selected, so choose 3 from the other 5 girls = 5C3 = 10

So this missing case gives 4 * 10 = 40 teams.

Your 80 + 40 = 120.

Hope it helps.
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