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there are 11 people in an office with 6 different phone lines. if all the lines begin to ring at once, how many groups of 6 people can answer these lines?

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Answer:

one group

Explanation:

there is only one group of six people in the office since the office only has 11 people.

User Arash Rabiee
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T_11

Expect_6 phones

This is a permutation problem

Therefore 11p6= 11!/(11-6)! = (5!*6*7*8*9*10*11)/5! = 6*7*8*9*10*11 (ANSWER)

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