CAIE S1 2012 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeArrangements with couples/pairs

7
  1. Seven friends together with their respective partners all meet up for a meal. To commemorate the occasion they arrange for a photograph to be taken of all 14 of them standing in a line.
    1. How many different arrangements are there if each friend is standing next to his or her partner?
    2. How many different arrangements are there if the 7 friends all stand together and the 7 partners all stand together?
  2. A group of 9 people consists of 2 boys, 3 girls and 4 adults. In how many ways can a team of 4 be chosen if
    1. both boys are in the team,
    2. the adults are either all in the team or all not in the team,
    3. at least 2 girls are in the team?