Problem 6. A group of 300 people are being split into teams of 3 (where order of teamsand order within a team don't matter)a) How many ways are there to do this?b) If the 300 people are actually 150 couples, and teams are randomly created, what isthe expected number of teams containing married married couples?

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Problem 6. A group of 300 people are being split into teams of 3 (where order of teams
and order within a team don't matter)
a) How many ways are there to do this?
b) If the 300 people are actually 150 couples, and teams are randomly created, what is
the expected number of teams containing married married couples?

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