An equal number of juniors and seniors are trying out for six spots in this year's decathlon team. If the team must consist of four seniors and two juniors, then how many different
possible decathlon teams could result if five juniors try out?

50
55
75
100

There are 50 different possible debating teams that could be selected as obtained using COMBINATION.

Since there are EQUAL number of juniors and seniors ;

Then we have 5 of each.

Here, the order of arrangement DOES NOT matter, Hence, we use COMBINATION

since the team MUST contain 4 SENIORS and 2 JUNIORS

4 Seniors from 5  = 5C4 = 5

2 Juniors from 5 = 5C2 = 10

Hence, (5C4 * 5C2) = 5 * 10 = 50

Hence, there are 50 different possible debating teams that could be selected.

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