Question

HELP:How many ways can four

students be seated in a row of
four seats? (answer is not 4 or 16)

Answer 1

There are 24 ways you can seat the people.

Explantation:

First seat: 4 seats

Second seat: 3 seats

Third: 2 seats

Fourth seat: 1 seat remaining

4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 12 * 2 * 1 = 24 * 1 = 24

There are 24 ways you can seat the people.

Answer 2

24 ways.

Explanation:

In this case, you just need a factorial.

For the first seat, you have 4 students you can place.

For the second seat, you have 3 students.

For the third, you have 2.

For the fourth, you have 1.

So, you can arrange the students by doing 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 12 * 2 = 24 ways.

Hope this helps!