GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 2

Question : 3 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

In how many different ways can five people be seated on a five-seat bench if two of them must sit next to each other?

Solution:

Treat the two that seat together as one person, now there are only 4 people to be seated in 4 places. This task has 4! Ways

= 24

. Remember that the two people sitting together can switch places on any of the 24 different ways, so we have 48
ways total.

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