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First 6 needs to be selected from 7 = 7c6=7
Then 2 paris from 6 = 6c2= 15
That 2 pairs can be formed in 6 ways
So total ways= 7×15×6=630

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From 7 students

1st Pair= 7*6
2nd Pair=5*4 (since after first pair only 5 are remaining)
3rd Pair=3*2 (since after 2 pairs)
Total= 7*6*5*4*3*2= 5040
Now each of this pair can be arranged in 2! ways, three pairs can be arranged in 3*2! ways
Thus divide 5040/(2!*3)= 630

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Three pairs of 2 students each need to be formed from a group of 7 students for drafting a manuscript each on Physics, Chemistry, and Math respectively. Overall, in how many different ways can such pairs be made?

A. 5040
B. 840
C. 830
D. 630
E. 360

 


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I am pretty sure, that this answere is wrong. I agree that the total way 3 teams can be formed, are 630 ways. But now we also have explicity stated, that those are 3 different teams (3 different subjects). So do I not need to multipy the number of possible Teams, with the Number of possible team Subjects, so *6?
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I am pretty sure, that this answere is wrong. I agree that the total way 3 teams can be formed, are 630 ways. But now we also have explicity stated, that those are 3 different teams (3 different subjects). So do I not need to multipy the number of possible Teams, with the Number of possible team Subjects, so *6?

7C2 * 5C2 * 3C2 already counts ordered triples of pairs (Physics pair, Chemistry pair, Math pair).

In other words, you can read the product as:

7C2 = choose the Physics pair
5C2 = choose the Chemistry pair
3C2 = choose the Math pair

Since the roles (Physics, Chemistry, Math) are already tied to the order of selection, there is no extra 3! needed.

You can easily check this by changing the number of students to 4 (A, B, C, D) and the subjects to two, X and Y:

#Subject XSubject Y
1ABCD
2ACBD
3ADBC
4BCAD
5BDAC
6CDAB

As you can see, 4C2 * 2C2 = 6 already lists all possible ordered assignments (X pair, Y pair). There is no extra factor of 2! to multiply.
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