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# Sitting arrangement | ISI-B.stat | Objective Problem 120

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## Sitting arrangement | ISI B.Stat Entrance | Problem 120

Three boys of class I, 4 boys of class II and 5 boys of class III sit
in a row. The number of ways they can sit, so that boys of the same
class sit together is

• (a) $3!4!5!$
• (b) $12!/(3!4!5!)$
• (c) $(3!)^2 4!5!$
• (d) $3*4!5!$

### Key Concepts

Probability

combinatorics

Permutation

Answer: (c) $(3!)^2 4!5!$

TOMATO, Problem 120

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## Try with Hints

Let us take the boys of each class as an unit.Therefore there are 3 units which can be permutated in 3! ways.
Now, class I boys can permutate among themselves in 3! ways, class II boys
in 4! And class III boys in 5! ways.

Can you now finish the problem ..........

Therefore, total number of ways is (3!3!4!*5!) = $(3!)^24!5!$

Therefore option (c) is the correct