<PRE><B>Question 320719</B>
The senate in a certain state is comprised of 59 republicans, 39 democrats, and 2 independents. How many committees can be formed if each committee must have 4 republicans and 3 democrats.
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# of ways to pick 4 republicans: 59C4
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# of ways to pick 3 demoncrate: 39C3
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# of ways to form the committee: product = 4,159,396,514
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>