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the staff in an office consists of 4 males and 7 females
how many committees of 5 staff can be chosen which contain exactly 3 females
 

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Ill just do it for k and k+1

(k+1)(k+2)...(2k-1)2k=2<sup>k</sup>[1x3x...x(2k-1)]

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LHS=(k+2)...(2k-1)(2k)(2k+1)(2k+2)=2<sup>k</sup>[1x3x...x(2k-1)](2k)(2k+1)(2k+2)/(k+1)=2<sup>k+1</sup>[1x3x...x(2k-1)x(2k)x(2k+1)]=RHS
this is the original part then we sub in the value from S(k) but we must divide by k+1 then the(2k+2) makes 2^k--->2^k+1 and cancels the /k+1
 
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