document.write( "Question 1173525: How many ways are there for 5 men and seven women to stand in a line so that three women
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document.write( "From the remote point of view, you consider these 3 women as one clued object.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the total number of object to permute, from this point of view is  5 + 7 - 2 = 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For 10 objects, you have  10! = 10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 3628800 permutations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, from the close point of view, there are 3! = 3*2*1 = 6 possible permutations inside this group of the 3 women.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It gives the total  6*3628800 = 10886400  possible permutationns.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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