SOLUTION: A certain congressional committee consists of 9 senators and 11 representatives. How many ways can a subcommittee of 5 be formed if at least 4 of the members must be senators?

SOLUTION: A certain congressional committee consists of 9 senators and 11 representatives. How many ways can a subcommittee of 5 be formed if at least 4 of the members must be senators?

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Question 1184527: A certain congressional committee consists of 9 senators and 11 representatives. How many ways can a subcommittee of 5 be formed if at least 4 of the members must be senators?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This will be 9C4*11C1 for the case of 4= 126*11-1386
plus 9C5=126.
the total is 1512.
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