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A boat has a crew of 10 men of which 3 can row only on one side and 2 only on the other.In how many ways,can the crew be arranged??

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Lokesh Verma ·

It is not given that there how many guys on each side, so this is not a very easy problem!

What can happen is that there can be any no of guys on either side..

so we have to take these cases.

Case: 3 on left side and 7 on right
No of ways to select=1;
No of ways to arrange=3!.7!

Case: 4 on left side and 6 on right
No of ways to select=5;
No of ways to arrange=4!.6!

Case: 5 on left side and 5 on right
No of ways to select=5C2;
No of ways to arrange=5!.5!

Case: 6 on left side and 4 on right
No of ways to select=5C3;
No of ways to arrange=6!.4!

Case: 7 on left side and 3 on right
No of ways to select=5C4;
No of ways to arrange=7!.3!

Case: 8 on left side and 2 on right
No of ways to select=5C5;
No of ways to arrange=7!.2!

Take the sum of products of the terms in each case.. u get the answer :)

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RAY ·

wen we have 7 on one side...rnt we goin to use combination to choose 3 out of 7 men.......that is 7c3 rit............how can we purmuteas 3!

i think u r mistaken bro.........

for the case 7 on 1 side n 3 on the oder

out of seven 3 can be chossen in 7c3 ways..n out of 3 ..2 can b choosen in 3c2 ways........so it becomes....

10c3 * 3c3 * 7c3 * 3C2 ways....

similar way oder cases should b mede ........rit??

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Lokesh Verma ·

OOPPSS> i just needed to find the no of ways the crew has to be arranged.. not the no of ways they can be seated :D

see that is far far far far far simpler...

out of the 10 ppl there, 5 are fixed..
the other 5 can be put on either side .. each in 2 ways..

so the total no of ways is 25

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Lokesh Verma ·

what is it?

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varun ·

The 5 people who row can be selected in 10C5 ways. The 5 can be arranged in 5! ways. The rest can be arranged in 25 ways.

So is it - 10C5 * 5! * 25 ?

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Lokesh Verma ·

dude u never said that there will be equal men on each side of the boat!

ur answer is for that case :)

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Abhishek Majumdar ·

the answer is 5C2 * 5! * 5!

MY LOGIC IS....
leaving out the people who wish to sit according to their desire, we have 10-2-3=5 people left!! now we 1st place the 3+2=5 men according to their wish.....to have 5 men on each side, we can consider only one side and the other will be adjusted accordingly.

Let us consider the side which now has 3 men sitting...2places are vacant...we can select any 2 from the remaing 5 to sit there ....thus we have 5C2

if we consider the other side, we will get 5C3 and we know that....

5C2=5C3!!!
NOW WE CAN RANDOMLY ARRANGE BOTH SIDES IN 5! WAYS!!

THUS WE GET THE ABOVE ANSWE...hope it is correct!! :)

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Abhisek ·

@ Nishant Sir : In a boat there should be equal number of people on each side...isnt it ?

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Abhishek Majumdar ·

Ya...without that the sum is incomplete!! :)

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