I am taking a rather intense statistics class and I have a question about combinatorics.
This is just a general question to try to explain my problem.
There are 12 people to be assigned to 3 different teams Red, Blue, and Gold of 5, 4, and 3 people each. How many distinct teams can be formed.
The formula for answering would be (12 choose 5) * (7 choose 4) * (3 choose 3).
How do I use the math to work this problem out? and another question how can I work this out on my calculator?
2007-01-30
11:08:33
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