The total number of committees of 5 is C(10,5). This is equal to the sum of the committees formed with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 women and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 men:
total committees of 5 = (committees with 0 W, 5 M) + (committees with 1 W, 4M) + (comitted with 2 W, 3 M) + (committees with 3 W, 2 M) + (committees with 4 W, 1 M)
or equivilantly:
C(10,5) = C(4,0)C(6,5) + C(4,1)C(6,4) + C(4,2)C(6,3) + C(4,3)C(6,2) + C(4,4)C(6,1)
[this is called the Chu-Vandermonde Identity and if we evaluate the binomial coefficients we get the equation below]
252 = 6 + 60 + 120 + 60 + 6
i) This is the sum of the first 3 terms = 6+60+120 = 186 <----
ii) This is the sum of the last 3 terms = 120+60+6 = 186 <----