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Casting the Play

The cast of a school play that requires 4 girls and 3 boys is to be selected from 7 eligible girls and 9 eligible boys.


Will it be a different calculation if the boys are willing to play girls' parts, as in Shakespeare's time? If so, how will it be different?


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T.R.Milne
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