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# Geoff is setting up an aquarium and must choose 4 of 6 diffe

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Geoff is setting up an aquarium and must choose 4 of 6 diffe [#permalink]  30 Dec 2017, 13:31
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Geoff is setting up an aquarium and must choose 4 of 6 different fish and 2 of 3 different plants. How many different combinations of fish and plants can Geoff choose?

A. 8
B. 12
C. 18
D. 45
E. 90

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Joined: 07 Jun 2014
Posts: 4710
GRE 1: Q167 V156
WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities)
Followers: 91

Kudos [?]: 1612 [0], given: 375

Re: Geoff is setting up an aquarium and must choose 4 of 6 diffe [#permalink]  07 Jan 2018, 18:16
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Explanation

First find the number of groups of fish he can select. This is your number of slots: _ _ _ __.

There are six fish he can choose for the first slot, 5 for the second and so on: 6543.

Since order doesn’t matter, you need to divide by the factorial of the number of slots: $$\frac{6213}{4321}$$. Reduce your number to get 3 × 5 = 15.

For plants you have two slots so = $$3/2 \times 2/1 = 3.3 \times 15 =45$$.

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Re: Geoff is setting up an aquarium and must choose 4 of 6 diffe   [#permalink] 07 Jan 2018, 18:16
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