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Eight boys are seated in a row, find the probability that four particular boys sit together.

 Jun 24, 2020
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There are 5 ways for the boys to be seated in a block next to each other  AND there are 24 ways to arrange them inside of the blocks

24 x 5 = 120 

out of a possible   8 P r = 40320 possible seating arrangements

 

 

120/40320 = 1/336        (not sure of this answer)cheeky

 Jun 24, 2020

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