16.1k views
2 votes
A manager is scheduling 24 employees for different shifts. If he needs to choose 8 employees for each shift, how many different groups of eight employees can he make without repetition?

2 Answers

6 votes

Answer:

3

Explanation:

24 employees ÷8 each group of employees

=3

User Krystie
by
8.9k points
10 votes

Answer:

735,471

Explanation:

There are 735,471 different combinations of 8 employees.There are 24 total employees that the manager must schedule and he will make groups of 8 for each shift. So n=24 and r=8. Then Cr=24C8=24!/8(24−8)!=24!/8!16!=24⋅23⋅22⋅21⋅20⋅19⋅18⋅17⋅16!/(8⋅7⋅6⋅⋅⋅1)⋅16!=735,471

User YKY
by
8.4k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories