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A real estate agency is working to sell nine houses. This weekend, three agents are available to conduct open houses.


A real estate agency is working to sell nine houses. This weekend, three agents are available to conduct open houses. 

(a) How many ways can the nine open houses be assigned to the agents? 

(b) How many ways if no one agent can conduct all nine open houses? 

(c) How many ways if each agent must show exactly three houses?

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Colby Messinger answered 2 years ago
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