1. A committee of 6 U.S. senators is to be formed with 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans. In how many ways can this be done if there are 31 Democratic senators and 69 Republican senators?
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This can be done in C(31,3) ways, which is 31!/(3!28!) = 4495 ways. Show more…
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