document.write( "Question 1159815: ten people are going on a skin diving trip in 3 cars that will hold 2, 4 and 5 passengers , respectively . how many ways is it possible to transport the 10 people to the skin lodge \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The three cars hold a total of 11 people; since there are 10 people, there will be one empty seat in one of the three cars. There are 3 possibilities:
\n" ); document.write( "1, 4, 5
\n" ); document.write( "2, 3, 5
\n" ); document.write( "2, 4, 4

\n" ); document.write( "If you wanted a solution with distinguishable people, instead of just numbers of people in each car, re-post the question saying so. That is a far more complicated problem....

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