Some question: An entrepreneurship competition requires registering teams to have 3 team members, at least one of which must be a technology co-founder. If all team members must come from the auditorium during the meet and greet event which has 4 technologists and 8 businessmen, how many possible team submissions are possible?
Options:
(A) 76
(B) 100
(C) 164
(D) 198
(E) 202
Some stream of consciousness:
We have 3 scenarios here:
1) 1 tech2 businessmen: 4C1 x 8C2 = 112
2) 2 tech1 businessman: 4C2 x 8C1 = 48
3) 3 tech0 businessmen: 4C3 = 4
Total: 112+48+4 = 164 The answer: (C).