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# Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and department D has

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Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and department D has 20 employees. Departments A, B, C, and D have no employees in common. A task force is to be formed by selecting 1 employee from each of departments A, B, and C and 2 employees from department D. How many different task forces are possible?

A. 19,000
B. 40,000
C. 100,000
D. 190,000
E. 400,000
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\begin{align}&\text{Department A, B, C}&&10\text{ Employees}&&\text{select }1\\ &\text{Department D}&&20\text{ Employees}&&\text{select }2 \end{align}

$$\text{Total }= {10 \choose 1}^3 \times {20 \choose 2} =\\ 10^3 \times \frac{20!}{18!\times 2!} =\\ 1,000 \times \frac{20 \times 19 \times 18!}{18! \times 2 \times 1} =\\ 1,000 \times \frac{20 \times 19}{2} =\\ 1,000 \times 190 = 190,000\\ \text{Answer: (D) 190,000}$$
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Bunuel wrote:
Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and department D has 20 employees. Departments A, B, C, and D have no employees in common. A task force is to be formed by selecting 1 employee from each of departments A, B, and C and 2 employees from department D. How many different task forces are possible?

A. 19,000
B. 40,000
C. 100,000
D. 190,000
E. 400,000

Take the task of creating the task force and break it into stages.

Stage 1: Select one person from department A
There are 10 people to choose from, so we can complete stage 1 in 10 ways

Stage 2: Select one person from department B
There are 10 people to choose from, so we can complete stage 2 in 10 ways

Stage 3: Select one person from department C
There are 10 people to choose from, so we can complete stage 3 in 10 ways

Stage 4: Select 2 people from department D
Since the order in which we select the 2 people does not matter, we can use combinations.
We can select 2 people from 20 people in 20C2 ways (190 ways)
So, we can complete stage 4 in 190 ways

By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP), we can complete all 4 stages (and thus create a task force) in (10)(10)(10)(190) ways (= 190,000 ways)

[Reveal] Spoiler:
D

If anyone is interested, here's a video on calculating combinations (like 20C2) in your head

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17 Jul 2016, 02:24
10c1 * 10c1* 10c1*20c2 = 10*10*10*190=190,000. Hence D is the correct answer.
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06 Aug 2017, 20:40
Number of ways to choose from Department A,B and C : 10c1 = 10 each

Number of ways to choose from Department D(2 of 20) : 20c2 = 20*19/2 = 190

Total number of task forces possible are : 190*10*10*10 = 190000(Option D)
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