SOLUTION: the senate in a certain state is comprised of 60 republicans, 39 democrats, and 1 independent.How many committees can be formed if each committee must have 3 republicans and 2 demo
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Question 653323: the senate in a certain state is comprised of 60 republicans, 39 democrats, and 1 independent.How many committees can be formed if each committee must have 3 republicans and 2 democrats?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the senate in a certain state is comprised of 60 republicans, 39 democrats, and 1 independent.How many committees can be formed if each committee must have 3 republicans and 2 democrats?
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# of ways to choose 3 Republicans: 60C3
# of ways to choose 2 Democrats: 39C2
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# of committees: 60C3*39C2 = 25,357,020
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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