## electronicz 2 years ago At the head table at a banquet are seated two senators, two governors, and three mayors. Find the number of ways in which these seven people can be seated under the conditions described: A mayor is at each end and the senators are in consecutive seats

1. electronicz

hi

2. satellite73

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3. satellite73

lots of applications of the counting principle two choices for mayor

4. electronicz

ok so how will u do the senators?

5. satellite73

oh i read it wrong, sorry

6. satellite73

lets back up a bit

7. satellite73

label the seats 1 to 7 then senators can be in seats 2, 3 3, 4 4, 5 5, 6 and they can switch chairs between them, so there are 8 possibilities for the senators

8. satellite73

seat number 1 and 7 must contain mayors, so there are $$3\times 2=6$$ choices for seat 1 and 7

9. satellite73

then you have 3 chairs left to fill , and 3 people left to sit, so they are $$3\times 2=6$$ choices for the remaining 3 chairs

10. satellite73

multiply all these choices together, and unless i screwed up you get the right answer

11. electronicz

12. electronicz

@Mertsj ?

13. Mertsj

I do not see how the answer can only be 12.

14. Mertsj

Are you sure it is 12?

15. electronicz

well i guess order doesn't matter i nthnis case

16. electronicz

yea its 12... hey can u just help me on this question? how many committees of four can be chosen from twelve students? how many of these will include a given student? how many will exclude a given student?

17. Mertsj

It's a comination problem so 12 choose 4

18. Mertsj

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19. electronicz

yes what about the last two questions?

20. Mertsj

If we want to include a given student, we have already made one choice so we now must choose3 students from the remaining 11

21. electronicz

ok

22. Mertsj

So I think it would be 11 choose 3

23. Mertsj

I'm not really very good with probability.

24. satellite73

you have to multiply all the choices together, as i wrote above

25. satellite73

unless i screwed up, it should be $$8\times 6\times 6$$