permutations: in how many ways can 12 basketball

[xo_caroline_xo]

In how many ways can 12 basketball players be assigned to four triple rooms?

 

[stapel]

What have you tried? How far have you gotten?

Please be specific. Thank you.

Eliz.

 

[xo_caroline_xo]

What have you tried? How far have you gotten?

Please be specific. Thank you.

Eliz.

12!/3!*4

 

[stapel]

12!/3!*4

What was your reasoning?

Thank you.

Eliz.

 

[pka]

In how many ways can 12 basketball players be assigned to four triple rooms?

How many ways can we rearrange the string “AAABBBCCCDDD”?
That answers the question.

 

[xo_caroline_xo]

wait the answer should be 12!/(3!*3!*3!*3!) which equals 369 600

 

[JohnM]

You got it.