[Math] Dividing into 2 teams

probability

In how many ways can $22$ people be divided into $ 2 $ cricket teams to play each other?

Actual answer : $\large \dfrac{1}{2} \times \dbinom{22}{11}$

My approach :

Each team consists of $11$ members. Number of ways to select a team of $11$ members = $ \dbinom{22}{11}$

Number of ways by which $22$ people can be divided into $2$ cricket teams = $\dbinom{22}{11} \times 1$ (since the remaining 11 members will automatically fall into the 2nd team).

I appreciate if somebody would be able to explicate the role of $ \large \dfrac{1}{2} $ here.

Best Answer

Another way: It so happens that one of the $22$ people is the Queen, who of course gets to choose the people who will be on her team. This can be done in $\binom{21}{10}$ ways.

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