Eight people are to be transported from city A to city B in three cars of different makes. If each c

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Eight people are to be transported from city A to city B in three cars of different makes. If each car can accommodate at most three persons, then the number of ways, in which they can be transported, is

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Multinomial distribution of 8 into groups of 3. Calculate allowed partitions $	imes$ permutations $= 1680$.