SOLUTION: A city council consists of six Democrats and five Republicans. If a committee of six people is selected, find the probability of selecting four Democrats and two Republicans.
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Question 1147153: A city council consists of six Democrats and five Republicans. If a committee of six people is selected, find the probability of selecting four Democrats and two Republicans.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is 6C4, the number of ways to select 4 D and 5C2, the number of ways to select 2 R
They are multiplied together to get 15*10=150 ways.
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