The number of possible seats is an illustration of permutation
There are 1728 possible sitting arrangements
<h3>How to determine the number of seats</h3>From the question, we have the following highlights:
- Chris can only take 1 seat (i.e. the central seat)
- Jo can take 2 seats (i.e. the seats adjacent the central seat)
- Alex, Barb and Dave can take 3! number of seats
- Eddie, Fred, and Gareth can take 3! number of seats on the right of Chris.
- The remaining 4 adults do not have preference, then they can seat in 4! ways
So, the number of sitting arrangement is:
Evaluate the product
Hence, there are 1728 possible sitting arrangements
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