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A defensive football squad consists of 25 players. Of these, 10 are linemen, 10 are linebackers, and 5 are safeties. How many different teams of 5 linemen, 3 linebackers and 3 safeties can be formed?

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302400ways

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01

. Given Information

We are given a football team of 25 players having 10 linemen,10 linebackers and 5 safeties. We need to find the number of ways to make a team of 5 linemen 3 linebackers and 3 safeties

02

. Finding the number of ways 

We need to choose 5 linemen from 10 linemen and 3 linebackers from 10 linebackers and 3 safeties from 5 safeties so the numbers of ways is :

C(10,5)×C(10,3)×C(5,3)=10!5!5!×10!3!7!×5!3!2!

10×9×8×7×6×5!5×4×3×2×1×5!×10×9×8×7!3×2×1×7!×5×4×3!2×1×3!=10×9×8×7×65×4×3×2×10×9×83×2×5×42

3×2×7×6×5×3×8×5×2=302400ways

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