QuestionWAECFurther Maths2022ObjectivePermutation & combinationPermutation & combination
WAEC 2022 · Paper 1 · Q18
In how many ways can six persons be paired?
Worked solution (try it first)
Pick any one person: there are 5 people they can be paired with.
Of the 4 people left, pick one: they have 3 possible partners, and the last two form the final pair.
So there are
5×3×1=15 ways, option C.
(Counting the possible pairs,
6C2=15, gives the same number.)
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