document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=954612>Question 954612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In how many ways can a group of 24 students be organized into groups of 2 if student number 3 and student number 22 must always be one of the pairs? How can this situation be expressed mathematically? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let those 2 form one of the pairs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of other pairs = 22C2 = (22*21)/2 = 11*21 = 231 other pairs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total number of pairs = 1 + 22C2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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