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To find: How many different committees are possible from the 100 U.S senators.
Answer to Problem 60E
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Consider that the U.S Senate Committee of 14 members is to be formed from 100 U.S senators.
In order to find a 14 membersCommittee from 100 U.S senators, when order does not matter, we use combinations.
The number of combinations is given by:
Where
Therefore,
On substituting values in above combinations formula
We get
Therefore,
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