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(A) 180

Explanation:

We have to treat those player selections as independent events, since one doesn't influence the other (the fact you chose Joe as a guard, shouldn't have an influence on who'll pick as center, unless there's bad blood between some players... but that's a whole other story).

So, how many ways to pick 2 guards from a selection of 4? The order doesn't seem to matter here, since they don't specify for example that Joe can only play on the left side). So, it's a pure combination calculation:


C(4,2) = (4!)/(2! * (4 - 2)!) = (24)/(2 * 2) = 6

C(4,2) = 6.

How many ways to pick the 2 forwards from a group of 5? Using the same calculation, we get:

C(5,2) = 10.

And of course, the coach has 3 ways to pick a center player from 3.

Then we multiply the possible ways to pick guards, forwards and center...

6 * 10 * 3 = 180 ways.

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