SOLUTION: Eight students are playing the game “The boat is sinking”. If the instruction given is “group yourselves into 3”, how many possible groups are there?

Question 1191780: Eight students are playing the game “The boat is sinking”. If the instruction given is “group yourselves into 3”, how many possible groups are there?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There are    = = 8*7 = 56 different groups.             ANSWER

Solved.

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