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Hi Bunuel,

Is there a way to tell when a problem is going to be a C vs. a P? For instance, it seems in this problem that the words "different ordering" lead to the conclusion of C; however, sometimes I have trouble confidently determining this.

Your insight would be great. Thanks!

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Eight dogs are in a pen when a sled owner comes to choose two dogs to form a sled team. If the dogs are to be placed in a straight line and different orderings of the same dogs are considered the same team, how many different sled teams can the owner form?

A. 72
B. 56
C. 42
D. 30
E. 28

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whenever ordering matters it is P and if ordering doesn't matter then it is C.

for example, in this question, it is explicitly mentioned that "different orderings of the same dogs are considered the same team" it means ordering doesn't matter.

Tom - Jerry
Jerry-Tom

Both are same team as per above question so it is C.
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