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5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row. Find the probability that:

1) there is one boy on each end.
2) There is one girl on each end.

A. 3/28 & 5/14
B. 5/28 & 3/14
C. 5/14 & 3/28
D. 3/28 & 1/14
E. 1/28 & 5/14
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Re: 5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row [#permalink] New post 19 Feb 2012, 06:25
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5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row. Find the probability that:

1) there is one boy on each end.
2) There is one girl on each end.

A. 3/28 & 5/14
B. 5/28 & 3/14
C. 5/14 & 3/28
D. 3/28 & 1/14
E. 1/28 & 5/14


Total # of arrangements is 8!;

1. The # of arrangements where there is one boy on each end is C^2_3*2*6!, where C^2_3 is # of ways to select which 2 boys will be on that positions, *2 # of way to arrange them on that position (A------B and B------A) and 6! is # of arrangements of 6 people left;

P=\frac{C^2_3*2*6!}{8!}=\frac{3}{28}.


2. The # of arrangements where there is one girl on each end is C^2_5*2*7!, where C^2_5 is # of ways to select which 2 girls will be on that positions, *2 # of way to arrange them on that position (A------B and B------A) and 6! is # of arrangements of 6 people left;

P=\frac{C^2_5*2*6!}{8!}=\frac{5}{14}.

Answer: A.
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Re: 5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row [#permalink] New post 06 Mar 2013, 19:28
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Hi Bunel, firstly I would like to thank you for all the help you've given to the forum! You have been nothing but superb!

I have a question on this though, would it be possible also to solve the question as below?
I had solved it like this initially and I'm not sure now if I have some mistakes in my fundamental theory.
It would be great if you could help clarify.
Thank you!

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[m]P=(P^2_3*6!)/8!

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[m]P=(P^2_5*6!)/8!
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Re: 5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row [#permalink] New post 07 Mar 2013, 02:01
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swyw wrote:
Hi Bunel, firstly I would like to thank you for all the help you've given to the forum! You have been nothing but superb!

I have a question on this though, would it be possible also to solve the question as below?
I had solved it like this initially and I'm not sure now if I have some mistakes in my fundamental theory.
It would be great if you could help clarify.
Thank you!

1)
[m]P=(P^2_3*6!)/8!

2)
[m]P=(P^2_5*6!)/8!


Yes, your approach is fine: 3P2=3C2*2! and 5P2=5C2*2!.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: 5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row [#permalink] New post 10 Mar 2013, 06:02
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Any problem of similar type available in this forum??? if so can you please tag those ..thanks in advance


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Re: 5 girls and 3 boys are arranged randomly in a row [#permalink] New post 09 Mar 2013, 03:17
one boy on each end = (3/8)*(2/7)=3/28
one girl on each end =(5/8)*(4/7)=5/14
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