Probability/Additional Topics in Probability and Counting Question 39 Four sales representative for a company are to be chosen to participate in a training program.  The company has eight sales representatives, two in each of four regions.  In how many ways can the four sales representatives be chosen if:

  1. there are no restrictions?
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  2. the selection must include a sales representative from each region?
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  3. What is the probability that the four sales representatives chosen to participate in the training program will be from only two of the four regions if they are chosen at random?
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