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Question 565258: Eight people are going to line up to get on a bus. Three of those people are husband, wife and (2.5 pts) their daughter that must follow each other when they line up to get on the bus. How many ways are possible for the line up? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Eight people are going to line up to get on a bus.
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Three of those people are husband, wife and their daughter that must follow each other when they line up to get on the bus.
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How many ways are possible for the line up?
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Treat the 3 family members as a unit that can be arranged 3! = 6 ways
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Then you have 5 individual plus the family to arrange is 6! = 720 ways
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Total # of arrangements: 6*720 = 4320
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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