How many ways are there to select a committee of 17 politicians chosen from a room full of indistinguishable democrats, indistinguishable republicans, and indistinguishable independents.

(a)-if every party must have at least two members on the committee?
(b)-if, in addition, no group may have a majority of the committee members?

Which of the following graphs represents the function f(x) = 2^x

Find the slope of the line that contains the following points. r(-2, 4), s(6, -2)

The average human heart beats 1.15 \cdot 10^51.15⋅10 5 1, point, 15, dot, 10, start superscript, 5, end superscript times per day. there are 3.65 \cdot 10^23.65⋅10 2 3, point, 65, dot, 10, start superscript, 2, end superscript days in one year.how many times does the heart beat in one year? write your answer in scientific notation, and round to one decimal place.