From ten people, how many ways can you form a team of eight people consisting of a project manager, two (equivalent) deputy project managers, and five (equivalent) engineers?
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Number of ways of picking 8 people from a group of 1 0 is, ( 8 1 0 ) = 4 5 Number of ways of picking 5 engineers from the above 8 people is, ( 5 8 ) = 5 6 Number of ways of picking 2 deputy project managers from the 3 people left is, ( 2 3 ) = 3 Number of ways of picking 1 project manager from the 1 person left is, ( 1 1 ) = 1 Therefore, the total ways of to form a team meeting the required conditions is, ( 8 1 0 ) ⋅ ( 5 8 ) ⋅ ( 2 3 ) ⋅ ( 1 1 ) = 4 5 ⋅ 5 6 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 1 = 7 5 6 0
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The project manager can be picked in 1 0 ways. The deputy project managers (indistinguishable) can be picked in 2 ! 9 × 8 ways, and by the same reasoning, the engineers can be chosen in 5 ! 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 ways.
In total, there are 1 0 × 2 ! 9 × 8 × 5 ! 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 = 7 5 6 0 ways to form the team.