Question

A stage manager is trying to seat important guests in the front row of a theater. She would like to seat a diplomat in the first seat, a singer in the second seat, and a movie director in the third seat. If there are 3 diplomats, 2 singers, anf 2 directors attending the show, how many different front row plans are possible? (The workbook got the answer of 288) How?

Answer 1

12 row plans

Explanation:

the first seat has two possible options , the two directors. The second seat has another two options. With each director comes 2 options for the second seat so 2×2=4 possible options for the first and second seat . The 3rd seat has three options, that means for each combination of the 1st and 2nd seat three possible options 2×3=12 combinations