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Counting pairs of animals
Unordered outcomes (counting)counting on $4$ pairs of glovesMaximum unique pairings between two lists of repeated itemsNumber of Possible Pairs from Two Setshow many permutation without fixed points from 2n to NxNFeller's Probability - Counting problem of pairs of shoes.Help distinguishing between factorials, $^nC_r$ and $^nP_r$Combinatorics card counting question.Number of possible permutations of three pairs of socks, one blue, one black, and one white?Counting with Permutations
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Old MacDonald has $5$ chickens, $4$ donkeys, and $7$ emus. How many ways can he pair up the animals so that every pair consists of animals of different species? (The order of the animals within each pair does not matter, and the order among the pairs does not matter. Assume that all animals are distinguishable.)
The answer I have currently is $83$ since there are $5*4=20$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Donkey), $5*7=35$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Emu), $4*7=28$ possible pairs for (Donkey, Emu). Then I added them up: $20+35+28=83$. Is this correct?
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Old MacDonald has $5$ chickens, $4$ donkeys, and $7$ emus. How many ways can he pair up the animals so that every pair consists of animals of different species? (The order of the animals within each pair does not matter, and the order among the pairs does not matter. Assume that all animals are distinguishable.)
The answer I have currently is $83$ since there are $5*4=20$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Donkey), $5*7=35$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Emu), $4*7=28$ possible pairs for (Donkey, Emu). Then I added them up: $20+35+28=83$. Is this correct?
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Old MacDonald has $5$ chickens, $4$ donkeys, and $7$ emus. How many ways can he pair up the animals so that every pair consists of animals of different species? (The order of the animals within each pair does not matter, and the order among the pairs does not matter. Assume that all animals are distinguishable.)
The answer I have currently is $83$ since there are $5*4=20$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Donkey), $5*7=35$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Emu), $4*7=28$ possible pairs for (Donkey, Emu). Then I added them up: $20+35+28=83$. Is this correct?
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Old MacDonald has $5$ chickens, $4$ donkeys, and $7$ emus. How many ways can he pair up the animals so that every pair consists of animals of different species? (The order of the animals within each pair does not matter, and the order among the pairs does not matter. Assume that all animals are distinguishable.)
The answer I have currently is $83$ since there are $5*4=20$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Donkey), $5*7=35$ possible pairs for (Chicken, Emu), $4*7=28$ possible pairs for (Donkey, Emu). Then I added them up: $20+35+28=83$. Is this correct?
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Correct - you get the same thing by counting all possible pairs and subtracting the ones with two of the same type ..
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Yup, your solution is correct.
Making this a community wiki post since it's not like I have anything to add. If anyone else does, they're welcome to, though!
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Correct - you get the same thing by counting all possible pairs and subtracting the ones with two of the same type ..
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Correct - you get the same thing by counting all possible pairs and subtracting the ones with two of the same type ..
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Correct - you get the same thing by counting all possible pairs and subtracting the ones with two of the same type ..
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Correct - you get the same thing by counting all possible pairs and subtracting the ones with two of the same type ..
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Yup, your solution is correct.
Making this a community wiki post since it's not like I have anything to add. If anyone else does, they're welcome to, though!
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Yup, your solution is correct.
Making this a community wiki post since it's not like I have anything to add. If anyone else does, they're welcome to, though!
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Yup, your solution is correct.
Making this a community wiki post since it's not like I have anything to add. If anyone else does, they're welcome to, though!
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Yup, your solution is correct.
Making this a community wiki post since it's not like I have anything to add. If anyone else does, they're welcome to, though!
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