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4 couples (8 people) are getting on a double-decker bus that has 4 seats on each floor. How many different ways can they sit on the bus so that each person's partner is on the opposite floor?

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Answer: There are 9216 different ways.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of couples = 4

Number of people in couples = 8

Number of seats on each floor = 4

Number of ways to select a person from each to send him (or her) to the upper deck would be


2^4=16\ ways

Number of ways to select a person to send them to the bottom floor would be


4!=24

Number of ways to select a person to send them to the upper floor would be :


4!=24\ ways

So, the total number of different ways would be :


16* 24* 24=9216\ ways

Hence, there are 9216 different ways.

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