Suppose you teach a class of twelve students that you wish to assign to three groups of four students each. In how many different ways can groups be made?
A) 34,650
B) 369,600
C) 479,000,600
D) 1320

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The number of ways to divide 12 students into 3 groups of 4 is calculated using the formula for combinations of dividing n items into groups of equal size: (12!)/(4!4!4!3!) = 34,650.

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