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Question 336569: Five students are to be photographed for the school paper. They are to be arranged standing side by side in a single row with the tallest student in the center and the two shortest students on the ends. If no two students are the same height, how many different arrangements are possible?
(A) Two (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six (E) Ten Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since the tallest student is prearranged in the center there are 2 arrangements for the shortest 2 students and 2 for the medium height students.
2*2=4 B
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Ed
