A Group of 13 People Is Traveling in Three Vehicles

question 215

Essay

A group of 13 people is traveling in three vehicles. If 6 people ride in the van, 5 people ride
in the car, and 2 people ride in the pickup, in how many different ways can the people be
assigned to the vehicles?

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Definitions:

Perspectives

Particular attitudes towards or ways of regarding something; viewpoints or standpoints.

Semantic Knowledge

A kind of declarative knowledge that includes factual information (“There are 50 states in the U.S.”), rules (“Ride a bicycle on the right-hand side of the street”), and concepts (“Green is a color”).

Episodic

Pertaining to or consisting of separate events or incidents, often used to describe memory or narrative structure.

Procedural

Relating to the process by which something is done or accomplished, often used in context with rules or methods in various fields.