document.write( "Question 876770: 3 ladies &3 gents can be seated at a round table so that any two & only two of the ladies sit together.the number of ways is \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "There are only these two GENERAL ways to seat them. [Rotations of\r\n" );
document.write( "these two are not counted as separate GENERAL seating arrangements.] \r\n" );
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document.write( "       L                          L\r\n" );
document.write( "   L       G                  L       G  \r\n" );
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document.write( "   G       L                  G       G                 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Choose the GENERAL way to seat the 6 in 2 ways.\r\n" );
document.write( "Arrange the gents in the three G seats in 3! SPECIFIC ways.\r\n" );
document.write( "Arrange the ladies in the three L seats in 3! SPECIFIC ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 2*3!*3! = 2*6*6 = 72 ways. \r\n" );
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