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If 8 people attend a movie and two insist on sitting next to each other, in how many ways can they be seated? 

          If 8 people attend a movie and two insist on sitting next to each other, in how many ways can they be seated?

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition
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00:01 So here, because building you have one seat, that means that we need to choose one person out of the eight, which is equal to eight...
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