Hard Perms and Combs Question (1 Viewer)

[omg1234]

How do we do this question?

Twelve people arrive at a restaurant. There is one table for 6, one table for 4 and one table for 2. In how many ways can they be assigned to a table?

 

[fan96]

There are ways to take out six people from the group and arrange them around a table.

Then, with the remaining six, there are ways to take four and arrange them in a table.

And there is only one way to arrange two people around a table.

So the answer should be .

(at least I think it is, you can never be sure with this topic)