Question

In how many ways can $6$ juniors and $6$ seniors form $3$ disjoint teams of $4$ people so that each team has $2$ juniors and $2$ seniors?

$720$

$1350$

$2700$

$3280$

$8100$

Answer: B

Concepts:combinations multiplication principle

Difficulty rating: 1350

Solution:

Split the $6$ juniors into three unordered pairs. There are $\frac{6!}{2!^3 3!} = 15$ ways, and the same $15$ for the seniors. Each team is one junior-pair paired with one senior-pair, so we match the three junior-pairs to the three senior-pairs in $3! = 6$ ways. That's $15 \cdot 15 \cdot 6 = 1350$ sets of teams. Thus, B is the correct answer.

2024 AMC 10A Problem 9

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1350

Solution:

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