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Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2006, 08:58
I got this from the 1000 math question bank downloaded from this site. Isnt the answer suppose to be 6C2?

6 people are to be divided to 3 groups with the same numbers of people. How many such groups are possible? 90



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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 02:17
Ok we can safely say that there will be 2 persons in each group.

Now number of ways 2 people can be chosen for the 1st group = 6C2
Number of ways 2 people can be chosen for the second group = 4C2
Number of ways 2 people can be chosen for the 3 group = 2C2

Remember for the second group you are chossing from 4 people not 6 people.

Total = 6C2 * 4C2 *2C2 = 90
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 02:31
Are the groups themselves distingushable? In other words,

Group 1..........Group 2...........Group 3

....AB.................CD..................EF
....EF..................AB..................CD

Are these assignments distinguishable? If not, answer should be 6C2 * 4C2/3!= 6C2= 15
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 04:51
Hi guys,

Thanks for being so helpful! I'm really not sure whether the groups are distinguishable though.

In the event that they are not, can you explain to me the logic of dividing the second term by 3!?

Thanks

The answer given in the question bank is 90.
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 10:48
kevincan wrote:
Are the groups themselves distingushable? In other words,

Group 1..........Group 2...........Group 3

....AB.................CD..................EF
....EF..................AB..................CD

Are these assignments distinguishable? If not, answer should be 6C2 * 4C2/3!= 6C2= 15


Kevin.
Can you pls explaing why the 3!.
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 11:42
We can look at this problems as :

1. Form 1 group of 2 people from a group of 6 people

2. Form 1 group of 2 people from a group of 4 people

3. Form 1 group of 2 people from a group of 2 people

(1) = 6x5/2! = 15
(2) = 4x3/2! = 6
(3) = 1

Total number of groups = 15x6x1 = 90
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 12:12
ghantark wrote:
kevincan wrote:
Are the groups themselves distingushable? In other words,

Group 1..........Group 2...........Group 3

....AB.................CD..................EF
....EF..................AB..................CD

Are these assignments distinguishable? If not, answer should be 6C2 * 4C2/3!= 6C2= 15


Kevin.
Can you pls explaing why the 3!.
Thanks


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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2006, 12:33
apollo168 wrote:
Hi guys,

Thanks for being so helpful! I'm really not sure whether the groups are distinguishable though.

In the event that they are not, can you explain to me the logic of dividing the second term by 3!?

Thanks

The answer given in the question bank is 90.


which math question bank are you referring to? is it the ps 1000 (a zipped file)? I downloaded that but it does not seem to have answers in the documents. could you please post the file that you are referring to, here again?

Thanks
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   06 Aug 2006, 05:38
I believe you can think of the problem this way:

a) number of possibilities of forming 3 groups of two is 6C2.

B) each new group has 2! ways of arrangment>

c) they are 3 GROUPS

multiply 3*2! *6C2 = 90

I hope i am right.
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   06 Aug 2006, 10:19
kevincan wrote:
Are the groups themselves distingushable? In other words,

Group 1..........Group 2...........Group 3

....AB.................CD..................EF
....EF..................AB..................CD

Are these assignments distinguishable? If not, answer should be 6C2 * 4C2/3!= 6C2= 15


another way of solving is

6 people

pick 1 you have 5 choices for the first team (1x5)

for team 2 pick 1 you have 3 choices (1x3)


team three pick 1 you have 1 choice (1x1)

total teams (with no one serving on more than 1 team) = 1x3x5=15
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Re: Hi guys here's another combination type question [#permalink] New post   06 Aug 2006, 12:10
apollo168 wrote:
I got this from the 1000 math question bank downloaded from this site. Isnt the answer suppose to be 6C2?

6 people are to be divided to 3 groups with the same numbers of people. How many such groups are possible? 90


=6c2.4c2.2c2
=15*6*1
= 90

Heman



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