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Hugo and Viviana work in an office with ten other coworkers. Out of these 12 workers, their boss needs to choose a group of four to work together on a project. Suppose Hugo and Viviana absolutely refuse, under any circumstances, to work together. Under this restriction, how many different working groups of four can be formed

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Answer:

450

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of possible working groups of 4 workers selecting from 12 workers is the number of ways of selecting 4 persons from 12 persons

[tex]=\binom{12}{4}=\frac{12\times 11 \times 10 \times 9}{1\times 2 \times 3\times 4}=495[/tex]

The total number of possible groups of 4 workers in which 2 persons (Hugo and Viviana) always come together

[tex]= \binom {12-2}{4-2}=\binom {10}{2}=\frac{10\times9}{1\times2}=45[/tex]

So, the total number of possible working groups in which Hugo and Viviana are not working together in any of the groups [tex]= 495-45=450[/tex].

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