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by f2001290 » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:23 am
TWO couples and a single person are to be seated on 5 chairs such that no couple is seated next to each other. What is the probability that no two couples sit together?
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Re: Probability

by jayhawk2001 » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:09 pm
f2001290 wrote:TWO couples and a single person are to be seated on 5 chairs such that no couple is seated next to each other. What is the probability of the above??
Can you please clarify...

probability = number of expected outcomes / total number of outcomes.
I'm not clear on what probability here is referring to.

Is it asking for the total number of ways such a seating is possible ?
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by simplythebest » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:36 am
Grr.. I hate Probability..

Is the Answer 11/12 ?
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by f2001290 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:52 am
Jay - I modified the question
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