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Suppose we have a group of 4 girls and 3 boys and we wish to seat them in a row of 7 chairs. In how many ways can the students be seated

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Answer:

5,040 ways

Explanation:

Here, we want to find the number of ways they can sit

The total

number here is 3 + 4 = 7

The first person has 7 choices, next has 6 choices and so on

So the total

number of ways will

be :

7! = 5,040 ways

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