In how many ways we can place one white and one black rook on a chessboard so that they do not attack each other ?
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Lokesh Verma
·2010-01-02 20:05:23
is it a rook?
and does white and black rook specify only their color or the color of the square in which they are?
Tush Watts
·2010-01-02 23:05:49
Oh yes sir it's a rook, not rock.
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White and black rook specify ONLY THEIR COLOR.
Lokesh Verma
·2010-01-02 23:24:42
for every location of the white rook, the black rook has 64-15 safe havens..
so the number of ways to arrange them is 64x(64-15) = 64x49