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Gridvvk
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Let's say you have a group of 22 people, which you would like to break into 5 different groups -- 3 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 5. How many distinct ways can you form such groups?
I don't want to double count groups. Let's say I number the people from A - V. The group ABCDE and ACDBE should be considered the same group since they have the same elements.
I imagine the numerator is
[(22 choose 4)(18 choose 4)(14 choose 4)(10 choose 5)(5 choose 5) ]
I'm not sure what to divide by to get rid of counting extras.
I don't want to double count groups. Let's say I number the people from A - V. The group ABCDE and ACDBE should be considered the same group since they have the same elements.
I imagine the numerator is
[(22 choose 4)(18 choose 4)(14 choose 4)(10 choose 5)(5 choose 5) ]
I'm not sure what to divide by to get rid of counting extras.