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document.write( "no. of ways to select 2 out of 9 = 9C2 = 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "no. of ways to select 2 republicans out of 4 = 4C2 = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "probability = 6/36 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 1/6\r<BR>\n" );
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