document.write( "Question 1134901: A city council consists of seven Democrats and seven Republicans. If a committee of six people is selected, find the probability of selecting four Democrats and two Republicans. Answer must be a fraction. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "1.  You can select 4 Dems from 7 Dems  by   =  = 35 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  You can select 2 Resp from 7 Resp by   =  = 21 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  You can combine the choices from  n.1  and  from  n.2 INDEPENDENTLY.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Therefore, based on Fundamental Counting Principle, the total number of choices is the product  35*21 = 735.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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