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Katie has 9 employees that she must assign to 3 different projects. If 3 employees are assigned to each project and no one is assigned to multiple projects, how many different combinations of project assignments are possible?
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17 Apr 2005, 00:44
karun_aggarwal wrote:
i get yr points guys,,,but since there are three differet projcts also to choose from so i guess it should be
(9c3*3c1)*(6c3*2c1)*(3c3*1c1)
Your point does make sense Karun.
C(9,3) makes the selection of first group of 3 from a set of 9, and then C(6,3) makes a selection of the second group of 3 from the set of remaining 6 and then C(3,3) makes a selection of the final group of 3 from the remaining 3 (trivial case obviously).
However these three groups can be allocated to the three projects in 3! ways.
I think we should have a 3! multiplier to the answer.
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The answer should be \(9C_3*6C_3*3C_3\)
There is no need for a further factor of 3! since the order has already been taken into account. In fact, if the question had also stated that the three projects are indistinguishable, then it would have been required to divide the expression by 3! to account for having already taken the order into account.
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The formula is nCr * (n-r)Cr * (n-2r)Cr * .... (n- (p-1)r) C r where n is the total number of persons, r is the number of persons to be selected for each one of p groups
= 9C3 *6C3*3C3 = 1680
Explanation: Initially there are 9 persons. You can select any 3 persons to assign to project 1 or project 2 or project 3. Assume you assign them to project 1. Now there are 6 persons left and you can assign any 3 of them to project 2 or project 3. Assume you assign them to project 2. Finally there are 3 persons left with all those 3 persons to be assigned to project 3.
In the above you chose project 1 first, project 2 next and project 3 last. This project selections can be done in3! ways. Suppose had you assigned them to project 2 first then to project 1 and then to project 3 the same set of arrangements would happen. So you do not have to multiply by 3!. Generally speaking when you take care that any group of r persons may be assigned for each slot/task in arriving at the answer then this above ordering is not required.
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Zem wrote:
Katie has 9 employees that she must assign to 3 different projects. If 3 employees are assigned to each project and no one is assigned to multiple projects, how many different combinations of project assignments are possible?
A. 252 B. 1,680 C. 2,340 D. 362,880 E. 592,704
The ways to select three employees out of 9 for first project = 9C3
The ways to select three employees out of Remaining 6 for Second project = 6C3
Third Project already has the group of three to be assigned to it so need to select that
So total ways to assign 3 employees to each of 3 projects = 9C3 * 6C3 * 1 = 1,680
Answer: Option B
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TooLong150 wrote:
\(9C_3*6C_3*3C_3*3 projectsC_3groups\)
Bunuel or some Quant guru, is the logic of the final term correct (Assigning 3 projects to 3 groups).
What you have done is CORRECT because 3C3 is 1 anyways
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Zem wrote:
Katie has 9 employees that she must assign to 3 different projects. If 3 employees are assigned to each project and no one is assigned to multiple projects, how many different combinations of project assignments are possible?
A. 252 B. 1,680 C. 2,340 D. 362,880 E. 592,704
The first 3 employees can be selected in 9C3 = (9 x 8 x 7)/3! = 3 x 4 x 7 = 84 ways.
The next 3 employees can be selected in 6C3 = (6 x 5 x 4)/3! = 20 ways.
The final 3 employees can be selected in 3C3 = 1 way.
Therefore, the total number of ways the 3 projects can be assigned is:
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Zem wrote:
Katie has 9 employees that she must assign to 3 different projects. If 3 employees are assigned to each project and no one is assigned to multiple projects, how many different combinations of project assignments are possible?
A. 252 B. 1,680 C. 2,340 D. 362,880 E. 592,704
The first 3 employees can be selected in 9C3 = (9 x 8 x 7)/3! = 3 x 4 x 7 = 84 ways.
The next 3 employees can be selected in 6C3 = (6 x 5 x 4)/3! = 20 ways.
The final 3 employees can be selected in 3C3 = 1 way.
Therefore, the total number of ways the 3 projects can be assigned is: