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From the 9 male and 7 female sales representatives for an insurance​ company, a team of 2 men and 4 women will be selected to attend a national conference on insurance fraud. In how many ways can the team of 6 be​ selected?

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In this item, we are to choose 2 men and 4 women from groups of 9 male and 7 female. Since the order is not important, the concept that can be used in this item is that of the COMBINATION.
(9C2) x (7C4) = 1260

Therefore, there are 1260 ways in which the members can be chosen.
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