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A group of 8 friends want to play doubles tennis. How many [#permalink]
 17 Jun 2008, 09:10
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A group of 8 friends want to play doubles tennis. How many different ways can the group be divided into 4 teams of 2 people?
I read the C(8,2) * C(6,2) * C(4,2) * C(2,2)/4! approach
What if we modify the question in following way:
Total friends: 8
We need: 3 teams of 2, 2 and 4
What will the approach in this case?
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Quote: Total friends: 8
We need: 3 teams of 2, 2 and 4
What will the approach in this case?
C(8,2) * C(6,2) * C(4,4) / 3! Why would it be incorrect? The first team of is a combination of 2 things taken from 8, or C(8,2), then the next is a team of 2 taken from 6 available choices, so C(6,2), and the final team you state is a team of 4 taken from 4 available choices C(4,4). We have a total of 3 teams and we do not want to treat the order of the teams differently so we divide that by 3!. Dividing by 3! removes the number of ways that each team can be ordered because unless we do that, we count the same teams, but in different order as a different combination, which is not what the question asks for.
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jallenmorris wrote:
Why would it be incorrect?
The first team of is a combination of 2 things taken from 8, or C(8,2), then the next is a team of 2 taken from 6 available choices, so C(6,2), and the final team you state is a team of 4 taken from 4 available choices C(4,4). We have a total of 3 teams and we do not want to treat the order of the teams differently so we divide that by 3!. Dividing by 3! removes the number of ways that each team can be ordered because unless we do that, we count the same teams, but in different order as a different combination, which is not what the question asks for.
Good explanation Jallenmorris..
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C(8,2) * C(6,2) * C(4,4) / 3! For the explanation to the answer see my post above.
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jallenmorris wrote: C(8,2) * C(6,2) * C(4,4) / 3!
For the explanation to the answer see my post above. I see the explanation but no answer.
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I dont see why shouldn't it be a simple 8c2.
i think u are all wrong
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First of all, which question are you referring to? There was the original question and then a subsequent question that was modified. The second question was 3 teams, First = 2 people, Second = 2 people and the 3rd = 4 people (total of 8) people. Can you tell us which question you're talking about so we can explain ourselves? rino wrote: I dont see why shouldn't it be a simple 8c2.
i think u are all wrong
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Jallenmorris, u rock..!...
nice explanation man...!!...
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