document.write( "Question 1200463: Mrs. Brown has 15 children in her first-grade class, and Mr. Lopez has 21 children in his second-grade class. The principal has been asked to select 1 student from one of the classes to appear at a PTA meeting. How many ways can the selection be made?
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\n" ); document.write( "Mrs. Brown has 15 children in her first-grade class, and Mr. Lopez has 21 children in his second-grade class.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If to change the text this way \"to select 1 student from each class\",
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