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Senate Committees. The U.S. Senate consists of 100 senators, 2 from each state. A committee consisting of 5 senators is to be formed.
a. How many different committees are possible?
b. How many are possible if no state may have more than 1 senator on the committee?
c. If the committee is selected at random from all 100 senators, what is the
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