SOLUTION: you invited 8 people to a party, 4 females, 4males and they each arrive alone what is the probability that they will arrive in alternating genders

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Question 929941: you invited 8 people to a party, 4 females, 4males and they each arrive alone what is the probability that they will arrive in alternating genders
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With people, there are different possible gender patterns ().
Of those, two of them are alternating gender patterns,
FMFMFMFM
MFMFMFMF
So,


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