Legislative Committee A legislative committee consists of 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans. A delegation of 3 is to be selected to visit a small Pacific island republic. (a) How many different delegations are possible? (b) How many delegations would have all Democrats? (c) How many delegations would have 2 Democrats and 1 Republican? (d) How many delegations would include at least 1 Republican?

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Step-by-step explanation:

GIVEN: Legislative Committee A legislative committee consists of [tex]5[/tex] Democrats and [tex]4[/tex] Republicans. A delegation of [tex]3[/tex] is to be selected to visit a small Pacific island republic.

TO FIND: (a) How many different delegations are possible? (b) How many delegations would have all Democrats? (c) How many delegations would have [tex]2[/tex] Democrats and [tex]1[/tex] Republican? (d) How many delegations would include at least [tex]1[/tex] Republican.

SOLUTION:

(a)

Total members [tex]=9[/tex]

Total delegation possible[tex]=^9C_3=\frac{9!}{6!3!}[/tex]

                                         [tex]=\frac{9\times8\times7}{6}=84[/tex]

(b)

Total democrats [tex]=5[/tex]

Total delegation possible with all democrats [tex]=^5C_3=\frac{5!}{3!2!}[/tex]

                                                                          [tex]=10[/tex]

(c)

Total democrats [tex]=4[/tex]

Total republicans [tex]=5[/tex]

Total delegations with [tex]2[/tex] democrats and [tex]1[/tex] republican [tex]=^4C_1\times^5C_2=\frac{4!}{3!1!}\times\frac{5!}{2!3!}[/tex]

                                                                                       [tex]=4\times10=40[/tex]

(d)

Total republicans [tex]=4[/tex]

Total delegation with at least [tex]1[/tex] republican [tex]=\text{total delegation possible}-\text{total delegation with all democrats}[/tex]

putting values from part (a)  and (b)

Total delegation with at least [tex]1[/tex] republican [tex]=84-10=74[/tex]