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A city council consists of eight Democrats and eightRepublicans. If a committee of six people is? selected, find theprobability of selecting four Democrats and two Republicans.

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total people = 8 + 8 = 16

P(selecting 4 democrats and 2 republicans) = 8C4 * 8C2 / 16C6 = 70 * 28 / 8008 = 0.2448

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   


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