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12 students have volunteered to be Campus Ambassadors to prospective new students and their families. In how many ways can the students be divided into 3 groups of 4 for training​ workshops?

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There are 5775 ways to divide the 12 students into 3 groups of 4 for training workshops, considering the composition of each group but not their order.

To find the number of ways to divide 12 students into 3 groups of 4 for training workshops, we need to consider the order of the students within each group and the order of the groups themselves.

Here's how to approach this:

1. Combinations for each group:

We need to choose 4 students out of 12 for each group. This can be done in 12C4 ways for each group.

  • To calculate 12C4, you can use the formula: n! / (r! * (n-r)!)

Therefore, for each group, there are 12! / (4! * 8!) = 495 ways to choose the students.

2. Considering group order:

If the order of the groups doesn't matter (only the composition of each group), we need to divide the total number of combinations by the number of ways to order 3 groups.

There are 3! (3 factorial) ways to order 3 groups.

3. Final calculation:

Therefore, the total number of ways to divide the students into 3 groups of 4, considering the order of students within each group but not the order of the groups themselves, is:

Total Combinations = 3 * (495)^3 = 5775

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