document.write( "Question 950045: Three men and four women are to line up for a picture with the three men in the middle. How many ways can this be done? (Assume there are two women on each side of the group of men) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "1 2 3 4 5 6 7   <-positions\r\n" );
document.write( "W W M M M W W   <-gender\r\n" );
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document.write( "Choose the woman to go in position 1 as any one of the 4 women.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the woman to go in position 2 as any one of the 3 remaining women.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the woman to go in position 6 as either one of the 2 remaining women.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the woman to go in position 7 as the only 1 remaining women.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the man to go in position 3 as any one of the 3 men.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the man to go in position 4 as any either one of the 2 remaining men.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the man to go in position 5 as the 1 remaining man.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: (4*3*2*1)*(3*2*1) = 4!*3! = 24*6 = 144\r\n" );
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