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7.3 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

The student government at a university consists of 10 seniors, 8 juniors, 6 sophomores, and 4 first-years.

  1. How many ways are there to choose a committee of 8 people from this group?
  2. How many ways are to choose a committee of 8 people if the committee must consist of 2 people from each class?

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