Olympiad Maths Prep

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Problem 316

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Combinatorics Difficulty 4.7 Find the answer

89. In how many ways can 30 different books be arranged into three stacks so that each stack contains 10 books?

Official solution

89. A n s w e r. 16C3010C2010=30!:(10!10!10!3!)\frac{1}{6} C_{30}^{10} \cdot C_{20}^{10}=30!:(10!\cdot 10!\cdot 10!\cdot 3!).

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