Martha invited 4 friends to go with her to the

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2021-12-02

Martha invited 4 friends to go with her to the movies. There are 120 different ways in which they can sit together in a row of 5 seats, one person per seat. In how many of those ways is Martha sitting in the middle seat?

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Uersfeldte

Uersfeldte

Beginner2021-12-03Added 20 answers

There are totally 5 seats in which Martha sitting in the middle(third) seat then there is only one possible chance to fill the middle seat. Now, for first seat there are four possible chance, second seat has three possible chance, fourth seat has 2 possible chance and fifth seat has one possible chance.
The number of ways Martha sitting in the middle seat is,
Number of ways =4×3×1×2×1
=24 Thus, there are 24 possible ways Martha sitting in the middle seat.

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