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Re: Three small cruise ships, each carrying 10 passengers, will dock tomor
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17 Jul 2021, 02:57
Solution:
Port A: 10C2= 45
Port B: 10C1= 10
Port C: 10C1=10
Now, As we are not given which ship goes to which port. Lets say we have three ships 1, 2 & 3 and they go to A, B & C port respectively but, the can also go to A, C & B or B, A & C.
Thus, they can be alloted ports in 3! differen ways.
Therefore, Total number of different ways can the gift certificates be given out= 3! x 45 x 10 x 10= 6 x 4500= 27000 ways
IMO E
Hope this helps!