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2. In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students insist on sitting beside each other? 3. Suppose you are the owner of a sari-sari store and you want to put 12 pieces of canned goods in a row on the shelf. If there are 3 identical cans of meat loaf, 4 identical cans of tomato sauce, 2 identical cans of sardines, and 3 identical cans of corned beef, in how many ways can you display these goods?

          2. In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students
insist on sitting beside each other?
3. Suppose you are the owner of a sari-sari store and you want to put 12 pieces of canned
goods in a row on the shelf. If there are 3 identical cans of meat loaf, 4 identical cans
of tomato sauce, 2 identical cans of sardines, and 3 identical cans of corned beef, in
how many ways can you display these goods?

2. In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students
insist on sitting beside each other?
3. Suppose you are the owner of a sari-sari store and you want to put 12 pieces of canned
goods in a row on the shelf. If there are 3 identical cans of meat loaf, 4 identical cans
of tomato sauce, 2 identical cans of sardines, and 3 identical cans of corned beef, in
how many ways can you display these goods?

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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So, we have 5 entities to arrange in a row: the group of two students and the other 4 students. The group of two students can be arranged in 2 ways (either the first student sits on the left or the right). The other 4 students can be arranged in 4! = 24 ways. Show more…

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