SOLUTION: There are 6 lawyers and 3 cases to be assigned lawyers. How many ways can this be done if: a) one different lawyer is assigned to each case? b) each case gets one law

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Question 415375: There are 6 lawyers and 3 cases to be assigned lawyers. How many ways can this be done if: a) one different lawyer is assigned to each case?
b) each case gets one lawyer but the same lawyer can work on any number of cases?

Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) About Me  (Show Source):
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a) no. of ways = 6P3 = 120

b) no. of ways = 6 * 6 *6 = 216