The Senate has 100 members, 55 Republicans and 45 Democrats. In how many ways can I choose a 5-person committee consisting of 3 Republicans

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The Senate has 100 members, 55 Republicans and 45 Democrats. In how many ways can I choose a 5-person committee consisting of 3 Republicans and

Guest Mar 29, 2015

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I assume you want a committee of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats......

So, we want to choose 3 of 55 Republicans and 2 of 45 Democrats.

So we have

C(55, 3) * C (45, 2) = 2,5972,650 ways

CPhill Mar 29, 2015

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2015-03-29T11:58:40

I assume you want a committee of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats......

So, we want to choose 3 of 55 Republicans and 2 of 45 Democrats.

So we have

C(55, 3) * C (45, 2) = 2,5972,650 ways

Melody · Answer 2 · 2015-03-30T02:04:54

Another great answer

Guest · Answer 3 · 2015-04-01T09:52:38

i think this is wrong. But I have no idea how.

Guest · Answer 4 · 2015-04-01T09:59:29

nevermind, there was a problem.