105.--THE PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION,

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

The voter can vote for one candidate in 23 ways, for two in 253 ways, for three in 1,771, for four in 8,855, for five in 33,649, for six in 100,947, for seven in 245,157, for eight in 490,314, and for nine candidates in 817,190 different ways. Add these together, and we get the total of 1,698,159 ways of voting.

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