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    Lightbulb Math Problem

    I did this math contest and the answers are now posted and this one question I can't figure out, and I was hoping someone here could help me.

    Six soccer teams are competing in a tournament in Waterloo. Every team is to play three games, each against a different team. (Note that not every pair of teams plays a game together.) Judene is in charge of pairing up the teams to create a schedule of games that will be played. Ignoring the order and times of the games, how many different schedules are possible?

    The answer is:
    Spoiler:

    The answer is 70.


    My thoughts:
    Spoiler:

    Whenever I tried I was getting either 120 or 60, but I think I was going about it wrong.

    What I was doing was 6!/3!=120 since there was 6 teams and 3 games each.
    Last edited by vcuber13; 04-27-2010 at 05:34 PM.
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