document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=746976>Question 746976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Four men and three women are seated in a seven-chair row. Find the probability of:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) the women side by side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) men and women alternate </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a) the women side by side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of ways to succeed wwmmmm: mwwmmm: mmwwmm: mmmwwm: mmmmww-----5 ways<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of random arrangements 7!/(2!*3!) = 420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(women side by side+ 5/420<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) men and women alternate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of ways to succeed: mwmwmwm----1 way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of random arrangements: 420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(altenage) = 1/420<BR>\n" );
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