Question: 2014 Fall Midterm - 3
Consider 17 boys and 17 girls. How many ways are there to arrange them on a line if all boys are standing next to each other and all girls are standing next to each other?
a) $17! + 17!$
b) $2(17! + 17!)$
c) $(17!)^2$
d) $2(17!)^2$
Consider 17 boys and 17 girls. How many ways are there to arrange them on a line if all boys are
standing next to each other and all girls are standing next to each other?
(a)
$(17!)^2$
(b)
$2(17! + 17!)$
(c)
$2(17!)^2$
(d)
$17! + 17!$