Arrangements of 1 to 7 with evens never touching
Question
Count the orderings of the numbers in which no two even numbers sit next to each other.
Short answer
. Place the four odd numbers first ( ways); they create gaps, and the three evens must go in three different gaps: choices of gaps and orders. Total .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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