Question

a man having 8 sons visit the zoo garden every time with any 3 sons.but he does not take the same group of 3 sons more than once.how many times the man himself and each son visits the zoo garden?

Answer 1

3

Answer 2

what?

Answer 3

@AlanTuring

Answer 4

That's alot of sons.

Answer 5

very funny

Answer 6

one answer is 21 and one is 56

Answer 7

56 is the correct answer

Answer 8

I'm sorry I kept you waiting.

Answer 9

no its okay
but i need the steps

Answer 10

I did it manually. I don't know the formula.

Answer 11

there is no formula but how you did just explain it

Answer 12

okay just wait till I type

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

There's are 8 sons. Let's name them 1, 2, 3, and so on till 8.
It's specified the question that a group has only 3 sons and no group can visit the zoo twice. So there need to be different sons in a group every time. The possible combinations are -
1. 1, 2, 3
2. 1, 2, 4
3. 1, 2, 5
4. 1, 2, 6
5. 1, 2, 7
6. 1, 2, 8
7. 1, 3, 4
8. 1, 3, 5
9. 1, 3, 6
10. 1, 3, 7
11. 1, 3, 8
12. 1, 4, 5
13. 1, 4, 6
14. 1, 4, 7
15. 1, 4, 8
16. 1, 5, 6
17. 1, 5, 7
18. 1, 5, 8
19. 1, 6, 7
20. 1, 6, 8
21. 1, 7, 8
22. 2, 3, 4
23. 2, 3, 5
24. 2, 3, 6
25. 2, 3, 7
26. 2, 3, 8
27. 2, 4, 5
28. 2, 4, 6
29. 2, 4, 7
30. 2, 4, 8
31. 2, 5, 6
32. 2, 5, 7
33.2, 5, 8
34. 2, 6, 7
35. 2, 6, 8
36. 2, 7, 8
37. 3, 4, 5
38. 3, 4, 6
39. 3, 4, 7
40. 3, 4, 8
41. 3, 5, 6
42. 3, 5, 7
43. 3, 5, 8
44. 3, 6, 7
45. 3, 6, 8
46. 3, 7, 8
47. 4, 5, 6
48. 4, 5, 7
49. 4, 5, 8
50. 4, 6, 7
51. 4, 6, 8
52. 4, 7, 8
53. 5, 6, 7
54, 5, 6, 8
55. 5, 7, 8
56. 6, 7, 8

Answer 15

There are a few typing errors. Forgive me for that. :P

Answer 16

thank you
omg!!! thanks for typing so long