✔ 最佳答案
Actually, there are a few ways to calculate the answer.
number of ways=
12C3 x (12-3)C4 x (12-3-4)C(12-3-4)=12C3 x 9C4 x 5C5 = 27720
12C4 x (12-4)C5 x (12-4-5)C(12-4-5)=12C4 x 8C5 x 3C3 = 27720
12C5 x (12-5)C4 x (12-5-4)C(12-5-4)=12C5 x 7C4 x 3C3 = 27720
Hope this can help you~ ^^
2011-06-08 22:38:04 補充:
in 12 athletes , we can firstly select (3/4/5) athletes. Then, there are (9/8/7) athletes left. This time, we select (4/5/4) athletes from (9/8/7) athletes. For the remainding athletes, we don't have choices but 1 choice only, so 5C5 or 3C3 is 1.