A committee of 7 has to be formed from 9 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can this be done when the committee consists of: At most 3 girls?
A committee of 7 has to be formed from 9 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can this be done when the committee consists of: At most 3 girls?

Given at most $3\;girls$

In this case the numbers of possibilities are

$0\;girl\;and\;7\;boys$

$1\;girl\;and\;6\;boys$

$2\;girl\;and\;5\;boys$

$3\;girl\;and\;4\;boys$

Number of ways to choose $0\;girl\;and\;7\;boys$

\[{{=}^{4}}{{C}_{0}}~\times {{~}^{9}}{{C}_{7}}\]

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Number of choosing $3\;girl\;and\;4\;boys$ has been done in (1)

\[=\text{ }504\]

Total number of ways in which committee can have at most $3\;girls$ are \[=\text{ }36\text{ }+\text{ }336\text{ }+\text{ }756\text{ }+\text{ }504\text{ }=\text{ }1632\]