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There are <math>2</math> ways to order the boys on the end, and there are <math>3!=6</math> ways to order the girls in the middle. We get the answer to be <math>2 \cdot 6 = \boxed{\textbf{(E) }12}</math>. | There are <math>2</math> ways to order the boys on the end, and there are <math>3!=6</math> ways to order the girls in the middle. We get the answer to be <math>2 \cdot 6 = \boxed{\textbf{(E) }12}</math>. | ||
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Revision as of 19:53, 12 May 2023
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Problem
The Blue Bird High School chess team consists of two boys and three girls. A photographer wants to take a picture of the team to appear in the local newspaper. She decides to have them sit in a row with a boy at each end and the three girls in the middle. How many such arrangements are possible?
Solution
There are 
ways to order the boys on the end, and there are 
ways to order the girls in the middle. We get the answer to be 
.
Video Solution (HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY!!!)
~Education, the Study of Everything
Video Solution
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See Also
| 2015 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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