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Question 779228: A round table confrence is to be held between 20 delegates of 2 countries.in how many ways can they be seated if two particular delegates are:(a) always together (b) never together. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A round table confrence is to be held between 20 delegates of 2 countries.in how many ways can they be seated if two particular delegates are:
(a) always together
Treat those two as a unit that can be arranged in 2 ways.
There are now 19 units: they can be arranged is 18! ways
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Total arrangements:: 18!*2 = 1.28x10^16 arrangements
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(b) never together.
There are 2*19 ways they could sit together.
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Tatal arrangements = 19!-2*19 = = 19(18!-2) = 1.22x10^17 arrangements
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Cheers,
Sta H.
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