[Math] Permuations and Combinations problem

permutations

A football team consists of 3 players who play in a defence position, 3 players who play in a midfield position and 5 players who play in a forward position.Three players are chosen to collect a gold medal for the team.Find in how many ways this can be done if the captain,who is a midfield player,must be included,together with one defence and one forward player.

My attempted answer: 4C1*3C1
is it correct?

Best Answer

You need to choose the captian so its only a way to choose the captain, for the defence you have 3 players so you have 3 choices and for the forward players you have 5 choices so the number of choices is : $1$x$5$x$3$=$15$ way or choice

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