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Six students are being grouped into three pairs to work on a science lab. how many different combinations of three pairs are possible

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  • 14-07-2018

We want to select 3 pairs of people from a group of 6.

We use the formula:

n! / (r! * (n -r)!)

where n = 6 and r = 2

combinations = 6! / (2! * 4!) =

combinations = 6 * 5 / 2

combinations = 15


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