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jackbauer
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Hi people, was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem.
n men and m women are seated at a round table with exactly n+m places. What is the probability any given man has a woman immediately to his right. Also, what is the probability that a woman has a man to either side of her? I figured from combinatorics that the number of ways of seating these people in total is (n+m-1)! but I'm not sure how to proceed from here, anyone offer some assistance,
thanks,
Jack
n men and m women are seated at a round table with exactly n+m places. What is the probability any given man has a woman immediately to his right. Also, what is the probability that a woman has a man to either side of her? I figured from combinatorics that the number of ways of seating these people in total is (n+m-1)! but I'm not sure how to proceed from here, anyone offer some assistance,
thanks,
Jack