Re: [algogeeks] N companies merge

2010-12-03 Thread Harshal
Nc2 * N-1c2 * N-2c2 * . * 2c2. where Nc2 means the number of combinations that can be made out of N numbers taken 2 at a time. After merging any 2 companies, you will have N-1 companies left, and so on. If I interpreted the question correct, this is my solution. Any more ideas? harsh -- You

[algogeeks] N companies merge

2010-12-02 Thread Prims
Suppose you have given N companies, and we want to eventually merge them into one big company. How many ways are theres to merge? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com.