3. 0/5 points | Previous Answers My Notes Ask Your Teacher A large van is being

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3. 0/5 points | Previous Answers My Notes Ask Your Teacher A large van is being used for a picnic. There will be 9 people riding in the van, and there are 9 seats in the van (one of which is the driver's seat). One of the 9 people will have to drive, but only 3 of the people are licensed to drive the van. In how many different ways could the people seat themselves in the van so that they have a licensed driver? [Hint: Draw a picture of the arrangement of seats in the van and think about how many choices there are for who sits in each seat. Start with the driver's seat. All you need for this problem is the multiplication principle.] Submit Answer

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Dear Student Thank you for using Chegg !! Given that 9 people are travelling by a bus out of which only 3 of them knew hoow to drive Now in order to have a licensed drive and all peple seated The total number of ways shall be Selection of 1 llicensed driver from 3 licensed drivers and permutation of rest 8 people for rest 8 seats i.e. Driver ( 3 ways) Seat1 8 ways Seat5 4 ways Seat2 7 ways Seat6 3 ways Seat3 6 ways Seat7 2 ways Seat4 5 ways Seat8 1 way Hence total Number of ways is => 3 * 8 ! => 120960 Solution

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