SOLUTION: In how many ways can 13 people be divided into four groups with 3, 6, 2 and 2 people respectively?

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Question 1162462: In how many ways can 13 people be divided into four groups with 3, 6, 2 and 2 people respectively?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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From the context, the order inside these groups does not matter.


Hence, the problem is on Combinations.


So, the ANSWER is :  in  C%5B13%5D%5E3.C%5B10%5D%5E6.C%5B4%5D%5E2 =  = 360360 ways.


Explanation


First, you form the group of 3 from the set of 13 people in  C%5B13%5D%5E3  ways.


Then you form the group of 6 from remaining 10 people in  C%5B10%5D%5E6  ways.


Finally, you form the group of 2 from remaining 4 people in  C%5B4%5D%5E2  ways.


After that, you just have no choice: the last group of two is just defined by a unique way.


Solved and explained.

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On Combinations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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