6 students are equally divided into 3 groups , then , the 3 groups were assigned to 3 different topics . how many different arrangements w are possible ?	Select the correct option.
A) 30 B) 60 C) 90 D) 180 E) 540

Rationale: 90 is the number of ways you can assign 3 teams formed out of 12 people to 3 different tasks . but now you can order the 3 tasks in 3 ! ways . t 1 t 2 t 3 or t 2 t 1 t 3 . . . . etc etc . i was confused between 90 and 540 but since question used the wordarrangementsdecided to go with complete arrangements w including the order of tasks . could you explain the highlighted step . . . i ' m getting 90 = 15 * 3 ! suppose the students are numbered 12 , 34 , 56 and tasks are x , y and z one of the 15 possible ways of forming teams is 12 , 34 , 56 . these teams can be assigned to 3 tasks in 3 ! = 6 ways x - - y - - z 12 - - 34 - - 56 12 - - 56 - - 34 34 - - 12 - - 56 34 - - 56 - - 12 56 - - 12 - - 34 56 - - 34 - - 12 so the answer should be 15 * 6 = 90 but now you can fruther decide which task you want to perform first x y or z . . = c
Answer: C