Question

A museum curator is hanging 7 paintings in a row for an exhibit. There are 4 Renaissance paintings and 3 Baroque paintings. From left to right, all of the Renaissance paintings will be hung first, followed by all of the Baroque paintings. How many ways are there to hang the paintings

Answer 1

144 ways

Explanation:

Number of paintings = 7

Renaissance = 4

Baroque = 3

We are hanging from left to right and we will first hang Renaissance painting before baroque painting.

For Renaissance we have 4! Ways of doing so. 4 x3x2x1 = 24

For baroque we have 3! Ways of doing so. 3x2x1 = 6

We have 4!ways x 3!ways

= (4x3x2x1) * (3x2x1) ways

= 144 ways

Therefore we have 144 ways to hang the painting.