SOLUTION: In how many ways can 3 students be seated in a row of 3 chairs if Jack insists on sitting in the first chair?

Algebra.Com
Question 1180325: In how many ways can 3 students be seated in a row of 3 chairs if Jack insists on sitting in the first chair?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

Then you have only 2 (two) students to permute . . . 


So the number of all possible permutations is 2.    ANSWER

Solved, answered and explained.

-----------------

On Permutations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Permutations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations
    - Simple and simplest problems on permutations
    - Special type permutations problems
    - Problems on Permutations with restrictions
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


Save the link to this textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/complex/ALGEBRA-II-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

into your archive and use when it is needed.



RELATED QUESTIONS

In how many ways can 4 students be seated in a row of 4 chairs if Jack insists on sitting (answered by ikleyn)
In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 chairs if Jack insists on sitting (answered by ikleyn)
In how many ways can 14 students be seated in a row of 14 chairs if Jaime insists on... (answered by raphaelfundani)
In how many ways can 14 students be seated in a row of 14 chairs if Tevin insists on... (answered by Edwin McCravy)
How many ways can 6 people be seated in a row, if Ruth must be seated in the first chair? (answered by Edwin McCravy)
In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students insist (answered by ikleyn)
In how many ways can 8 chairs be arranged in a row if there are 3 blue chairs, 4 red... (answered by AnlytcPhil)
how many was can 6 people be seated in a row if 3 of them insist on NOT sitting... (answered by Edwin McCravy)
Ten students are lined up to be seated. in how many ways can 3 of them be seated in a... (answered by ewatrrr)