[Math] How many ways are there of arranging a group of 60 people into 3 different groups,

combinationscombinatoricsdiscrete mathematics

So there are 60 people, and i want to know how many ways there is to arrange them in to 3 groups, 2 groups of 22 and one group of 16.
Is this the multiplication rule or addition rule?
My idea is that its

$\dbinom{60}{22} \dbinom{38}{22} \dbinom{16}{16} = 3.1479*10^{26}$ but this seems like too big of a number.

Best Answer

Call one 22-size group A and the other B. Since, it matters which is which, then the number of ways to make the three groups are $$\binom{60}{16}\binom{44}{22}\binom{22}{22} = \binom{60}{16,22,22} = 3.147908\times 10^{26},$$ which is the same as the original answer. In other words, I choose 16 to be in the small group. Then I am free to choose 22 from the remaining to be in A, and the I am left with group B.