A group of four women and three men have tickets for seven a

A group of four women and three men have tickets for seven adjacent seats in one row of a theatre. If the three men will not sit in three adjacent seats, how many possible different seating arrangements are there for these 7 theatre-goers?

(A) 7! – 2!3!2!
(B) 7! – 4!3!
(C) 7! – 5!3!
(D) 7 × 2!3!2!
(E) 2!3!2!

There are 3 men and 4 women, we want to calculate the seating arrangements if three men do not sit together, like MMM.

Let's calculate the # of arrangements when they SIT together and subtract from total # of arrangements of these 7 persons without restriction. Thus we'll get the # of arrangements asked in the question.

1. Total # of arrangements of 7 is 7!.

2. # of arrangements when 3 men are seated together, like MMM;

Among themselves these 3 men can sit in 3! # of ways,
Now consider these 3 men as one unit like this {MMM}. We'll have total of 5 units: {MMM}{W}{W}{W}{W}. The # of arrangements of these 5 units is 5!.

Hence total # of arrangements when 3 men sit together is: 3!5!.

# of arrangements when 3 men do not sit together would be: 7!-3!5!.

Answer: C.

Hope it's clear.