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A five-member review team is to be chosen from 6 senior staff and 5 junior staff. The team must contain more seniors than juniors. In how many ways can it be chosen?

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  • A275
  • B281
  • C462
  • D200

Step-by-Step Solution

With five places, 'more seniors than juniors' means 3, 4 or 5 seniors. Three seniors and two juniors: . Four seniors and one junior: . Five seniors and no junior: . Total = 200 + 75 + 6 = 281. Trap 275 drops the all-senior team, which is easy to overlook because it needs no junior at all. Trap 200 keeps only the 3–2 split. Trap ignores the condition and counts every possible team.
Answer: B) 281

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