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Twelve students in a Business Statistics class are to be formed into three teams of four. How many different ways can this be done?
I tried doing
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Twelve students in a Business Statistics class are to be formed into three teams of four. How many different ways can this be done?
I tried doing 12!/3!(4!) but it doesn't seem right any help would be appreciated.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Need help with a question:
Twelve students in a Business Statistics class are to be formed into three teams of four. How many different ways can this be done?
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Groups of 4 taken from set of 12: 12C4 = 12!/(8!*4!)
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= (12*11*10*9)/(1*2*3*4)
=495
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Stan H.
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