A university student is selecting courses for his next semester. He can choose from 4 humanities courses and 8 science courses.

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In how many ways can he choose 5 courses if more than 3 must be humanities courses?

1 answer:

kolezko [41] · Answer 1 · 2023-07-09T13:20:22+03:00

The number of ways which he can choose 5 courses if more than 3 must be humanities is; 8 ways.

<h3>Combination of outcomes</h3>

According to the question;

If the condition requires that he chooses more than 3 humanities courses, it follows that;

He can only choose all four humanities courses and only 1 of all science courses.

On this note, the number of ways he can choose the required 5 courses is; 8 ways.

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