The number of ways 'm' men and 'n' women (m > n) can be seated in arow so that no two women sit together is
Question:
The number of ways 'm' men and 'n' women (m > n) can be seated in arow so that no two women sit together is __________.
Solution:
m men can be arranged in m! ways
Since no two women are to be together
⇒ we have m + 1 places for women
∴ out of m + 1 places, places to be taken = n
i.e, the women can be seated in m +1Pn
∴ Total number of ways of seating men and women is m! (m + 1Pn)
i. e $m ! \frac{(m+1) !}{(m+1-n) !}$