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Gavan wrote: In how many ways can you sit 8 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
a) 720
b) 2,160
c) 2,400
d) 4,320
e) 40,320
i'm getting 'e' but that is not OA Say 8 people are {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H} and A, B and C must sit together. Consider them as one unit {ABC}, so we'll have total of 6 units: {ABC}, {D}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H}, which can be arranged in 6! ways. Now, A, B and C within their unit can be arranged in 3! ways, which gives total of 6!*3!=4,320 different arrangements. Answer: D. Hope it's clear.
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thanks!
did you consider following arrangements?
1: -{D},{ABC}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H},
2: -{D},{E}, {F},{ABC}, {G}, {H},
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Gavan wrote: thanks!
did you consider following arrangements?
1: -{D},{ABC}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H},
2: -{D},{E}, {F},{ABC}, {G}, {H},
3: -
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Please clarify. 6 distinct object can be arranged in 6! different ways, so 6 units {ABC}, {D}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H} can be arranged in 6! different ways, which takes cares of all possible cases. Check Combinations chapter of Math Book for more: math-combinatorics-87345.htmlHope it helps.
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Gavan wrote: In how many ways can you sit 8 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
A. 720
B. 2,160
C. 2,400
D. 4,320
E. 40,320 In such questions, always tie the person that have to sit together. So we have effectively 5+"1" = 6 "persons" to arrange. They can be arranged in 6! ways. Now the 3 persons can themselves be arranged in 3! ways. Total ways: 6!*3! = 4320. D is the answer.
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Bunuel wrote: Gavan wrote: In how many ways can you sit 8 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
a) 720
b) 2,160
c) 2,400
d) 4,320
e) 40,320
i'm getting 'e' but that is not OA Say 8 people are {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H} and A, B and C must sit together. Consider them as one unit {ABC}, so we'll have total of 6 units: {ABC}, {D}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H}, which can be arranged in 6! ways. Now, A, B and C within their unit can be arranged in 3! ways, which gives total of 6!*3!=4,320 different arrangements. Answer: D. Hope it's clear. quick question regarding this: Since the question doesn't specify which 3 people need to sit together, how come we don't have find ways of choosing 3 ppl out of the 8 to act as unit? Like {DEF}, {AGF} etc etc.. I was thinking we would have to do 8C3 x 3! x 6!... can you tell me where I am going wrong with my logic? Thanks for your help!
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Ace800 wrote: Bunuel wrote: Gavan wrote: In how many ways can you sit 8 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
a) 720
b) 2,160
c) 2,400
d) 4,320
e) 40,320
i'm getting 'e' but that is not OA Say 8 people are {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H} and A, B and C must sit together. Consider them as one unit {ABC}, so we'll have total of 6 units: {ABC}, {D}, {E}, {F}, {G}, {H}, which can be arranged in 6! ways. Now, A, B and C within their unit can be arranged in 3! ways, which gives total of 6!*3!=4,320 different arrangements. Answer: D. Hope it's clear. quick question regarding this: Since the question doesn't specify which 3 people need to sit together, how come we don't have find ways of choosing 3 ppl out of the 8 to act as unit? Like {DEF}, {AGF} etc etc.. I was thinking we would have to do 8C3 x 3! x 6!... can you tell me where I am going wrong with my logic? Thanks for your help! I'll try to give you my interpretation, waiting for some math expert  Choosing 3 people out of 8, you would calculate all the possible sub-group of 3 people you could select from a group of 8. E.g., ABC, ABD, ABE, BCD, FGH, FBE, ... so on so forth. The question specify "if 3 of them must sit together". Therefore it is not asking to find all the possible combinations in which 3 people can always sit next to each other. Paraphrasing, it is just asking "no matter who, consider that there are 3 people that decided they must always sit together (either ABC or ABD or ABE etc..): in this case, how many combinations can we create?" . That is why you have to do your calculation only on one possible sub-group, not on all of them. Hope it is clear...and correct!
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Gavan wrote: In how many ways can you sit 8 people on a bench if 3 of them must sit together?
A. 720
B. 2,160
C. 2,400
D. 4,320
E. 40,320 Since we are not given any names, we can denote each person with a letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H Let’s say A, B, and C must sit together; we treat [A-B-C] as a single entity, and so we have: [A - B - C] - D - E - F - G - H We see that we have 6 total positions, which can be arranged in 6! = 720 ways. We also can organize [A - B - C] in 3! = 6 ways. So, the total number of ways to arrange the group is 720 x 6 = 4,320 ways. Answer: D
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