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3 friends - A, B, C- went to the passport office to submit their forms. If they saw there were exactly 6 queues, numbered 1 through 6 , in how many ways can the three friends join the queues? 1) 256 2) 216 3) 336 4) 729
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- 336 ways
Possible arrangements are
1 1 1 ... 3 in different rows
2 1 ...... 2 in one row
3 .... all 3 in one row
calculating possible arrangements,
total 336 ways - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- Three cases:
1. All three stand in same queue: 6*3! = 36
2. Two of them stand in one queue: 6C2*3!*2 = 180
3. All three stand in different queue: 6*5*4 = 120
Total cases: 36+180+120=336 - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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