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Question 849133: A senate subcommittee consists of 9 democrats and 7 republicans. How many ways can a chair, vice chair, and secretary be chosen if the chair must be a democrat and the vice chair a republican? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A senate subcommittee consists of 9 democrats and 7 republicans. How many ways can a chair, vice chair, and secretary be chosen if the chair must be a democrat and the vice chair a republican?
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Pick a chair: 9 ways
Pick a Veep:: 7 ways
Pick a secretary: 14 ways
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Total ways:: 9*7*14 = 882 ways
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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