[Math] Forming a committee from $4$ gentlemen and $4$ ladies with certain conditions

combinationscombinatoricspermutations

From $4$ gentlemen and $4$ ladies a committee of $5$ is to be formed .
If the committee consists of $1$ president, $1$ vice president and $3$ secretaries.
What will be the number of ways of selecting the committee with at least $3$
women such that at least one women holds the post of president or vice-president?

I tried

Case $1$

$3W2M$

$\dbinom{4}{1}\times \dbinom{4}{1} \times \dbinom{3}{2} \times \dbinom{3}{1}=144 $

$+$

$\dbinom{4}{1}\times \dbinom{3}{1} \times \dbinom{2}{1} \times \dbinom{4}{2}=144 $

Case $2$

$4W1M$

$\dbinom{4}{1}\times \dbinom{3}{1} \times \dbinom{2}{2} \times \dbinom{3}{1}=36 $

$+$

$\dbinom{4}{1}\times \dbinom{4}{1} \times \dbinom{3}{3}=16 $

Total ways=$338$.

But the answer given is $512$.

I look for a short and simple way.

I have studied maths up to $12$th grade.

Best Answer

As pointed out in a comment, there are numerous errors in your answer.

Pres-Veep . . . . . Secretaries

W-W . . . . . . . . . 2W,1M or 1W-2M: $\left[{4\choose1 }{3\choose 1}\right]\left[{2\choose2}{4\choose1} + {2\choose 1}{4\choose 2}\right]= 192$

W-M or M-W . . . . 3W or 2W,1M: $\left[2{4\choose1}{4\choose1}\right]\left[{3\choose 3}+{3\choose2}{3\choose1}\right]=320$

Related Question