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Question 198261: How many subcommittees, each consisting of 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat, can be formed from a committee of 3 Republicans and 3 democrats? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! How many subcommittees, each consisting of 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat, can be formed from a committee of 3 Republicans and 3 democrats?
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# of ways to choose 2 Republicans: 3C2 = 3
# of ways to choose 1 Democrat = 3C1 = 3
Total # of subcommittees = 3*3 = 9
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Stan H.
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