document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035996>Question 1035996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ms. Ling has 14 boys and 17 girls in her third-grade<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here we have the option of either boys or girls. Therefore we have to add both options together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for boys we have 14!/((14-2)!*2! = 91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for girls we have 17!/(17-2)!* 2! = 136\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we have to add our two options together = 91+136 </SPAN>\n" );
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