Mr. James is the moderator of a school organization consisting of 12 people. Of those 12 people, 5 are German, 4 are Japanese, and 3 are Russian. He randomly decides to ask 2 people to recite what their favorite food is. Assume that each person in an ethnicity will say the same favorite food (All 4 japanese people have the same food, etc.). 1) Determine how many ways can he call the 2 students. 2) If each person in an ethnicity has different favorite foods (All 4 japanese people have different favorite foods,etc), how many ways can he call the 2 students?

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Mr. James is the moderator of a school organization consisting of 12 people. Of those 12 people, 5 are German, 4 are Japanese, and 3 are Russian. He randomly decides to ask 2 people to recite what their favorite food is. Assume that each person in an ethnicity will say the same favorite food (All 4 japanese people have the same food, etc.).

1) Determine how many ways can he call the 2 students.
2) If each person in an ethnicity has different favorite foods (All 4 japanese people have different favorite foods,etc), how many ways can he call the 2 students?

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