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Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and 30 Apr 2006, 21:32
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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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Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and 30 Apr 2006, 21:37
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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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=10x10x10x20c2=1000x20x19x18!/(2x18!)= 190,000
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Departments A, B, and C have 10 employees each, and 30 Apr 2006, 21:43
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10c1 * 10C1 * 10C1 * 20C2 = 190000
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