document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=136959>Question 136959</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In how many ways can five boys and six girls be seated in a row of eleven seats so that boys and girls occupy alternating seats?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are only 5 alternating seats for the girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 5! ways to place the five girls in them: = 120 ways<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There will then by 6 seats left to seat the boys.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 6 boys can be placed in 6! ways in the six seats: = 720 ways<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total # of ways: 120*720 = 86,400 ways<BR>\n" );
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