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The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be rearranged so that G is the 3rd letter in the list and H is not next to G. How many such rearrangements are there ? A. 60 B. 36 C. 24 D. 12 E. 6 Practice Questions
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ExplanationWhen the 5 letters are rearranged, G is to be listed in the 3rd position and H cannot be next to G, so there are only two possible positions for H: 1st and 5th. Case 1: In the rearranged list, G is in the 3rd position, H is in the 1st position, and each of the remaining 3 letters can be in any of the remaining 3 positions. The number of ways these remaining 3 letters can be arranged is 3!, or 6. Thus the total number of rearrangements in case 1 is 6. Case 2: In the rearranged list, G is in the 3rd position, H is in the 5th position, and each of the remaining 3 letters can be in any of the remaining 3 positions. Thus, as in case 1, the total number of rearrangements in case 2 is 6. Thus there are 6 + 6, or 12, possible rearrangements, and the correct answer is Choice D.
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sandy wrote: The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be rearranged so that G is the 3rd letter in the list and H is not next to G. How many such rearrangements are
A. 60
B. 36
C. 24
D. 12
E. 6
Another approach: Take the task of arranging the 7 digits and break it into stages. We’ll begin with the most restrictive stages. Stage 1: Place the letter G Since the letter G must be placed in the 3rd position, we can complete stage 1 in 1 way Stage 2: Place the letter H So far we have: _ _ G _ _ Since H cannot be next to G, we can only place H in the 1st position or the 5th position So we can complete this stage in 2 ways. Stage 3: Place the letter I We can place I wherever we wish. There are 3 spaces remaining, so we can complete this stage in 3 ways. Stage 4: Place the letter J We can place I wherever we wish. There are 2 spaces remaining, so we can complete this stage in 2 ways. Stage 5: Place the letter K There is 1 space remaining, so we can complete this stage in 1 way. By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP), we can complete all 5 stages (and thus arrange all 5 letters) in (1)(2)(3)(2)(1) ways (= 12 ways) Answer: D Cheers, Brent
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sandy wrote: Explanation
When the 5 letters are rearranged, G is to be listed in the 3rd position and H cannot be next to G, so there are only two possible positions for H: 1st and 5th.
Case 1: In the rearranged list, G is in the 3rd position, H is in the 1st position, and each of the remaining 3 letters can be in any of the remaining 3 positions. The number of ways these remaining 3 letters can be arranged is 3!, or 6. Thus the total number of rearrangements in case 1 is 6.
Case 2: In the rearranged list, G is in the 3rd position, H is in the 5th position, and each of the remaining 3 letters can be in any of the remaining 3 positions. Thus, as in case 1, the total number of rearrangements in case 2 is 6.
Thus there are 6 + 6, or 12, possible rearrangements, and the correct answer is Choice D. @sandy why can't we do like this 1] total no of arrangements 5!=120 2] then place H in 2nd and 4th position, so no of ways are 12 3] then subtract 120-12 = 108 why is this approach wrong?
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ssp4all wrote: @sandy why can't we do like this
1] total no of arrangements 5!=120
2] then place H in 2nd and 4th position, so no of ways are 12
3] then subtract 120-12 = 108
why is this approach wrong? G is not in the third place in your assumption. If G is in third place 1. total number of arrangements 4!=24 (Not 5! as G is fixed to 3rd place)2] then place H in 2nd and 4th position, so no of ways are 12 3] then subtract 24-12 = 12 Now its OK
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Re: QOTD#19 The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be [#permalink]
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GreenlightTestPrep wrote: sandy wrote: The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be rearranged so that G is the 3rd letter in the list and H is not next to G. How many such rearrangements are
A. 60
B. 36
C. 24
D. 12
E. 6
Another approach: Take the task of arranging the 7 digits and break it into stages. We’ll begin with the most restrictive stages. Stage 1: Place the letter G Since the letter G must be placed in the 3rd position, we can complete stage 1 in 1 way Stage 2: Place the letter H So far we have: _ _ G _ _ Since H cannot be next to G, we can only place H in the 1st position or the 5th position So we can complete this stage in 2 ways. Stage 3: Place the letter I We can place I wherever we wish. There are 3 spaces remaining, so we can complete this stage in 3 ways. Stage 4: Place the letter J We can place I wherever we wish. There are 2 spaces remaining, so we can complete this stage in 2 ways. Stage 5: Place the letter K There is 1 space remaining, so we can complete this stage in 1 way. By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP), we can complete all 5 stages (and thus arrange all 5 letters) in (1)(2)(3)(2)(1) ways (= 12 ways) Answer: D Cheers, Brent I liked ur explanation. My question: if we have to put G in the 3rd then why couldn't we solve it like this : 4 2 1 1 1the first blank I can use H I J K, the second I can use any of ( J I K ), then G , then any of the rest except H, then the remaining. what is wrong with that answer?
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sandy wrote: The 5 letters in the list G, H, I, J, K are to be rearranged so that G is the 3rd letter in the list and H is not next to G. How many such rearrangements are there ? A. 60 B. 36 C. 24 D. 12 E. 6 Practice Questions
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Page: 206 total 12 ways(6 plus 6) with first way being placing the at first and in another way one can place H at the last.
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There are total 5 slots for the 5 letters. - - - - - G has to go in the 3rd slot - - 1 - - because there is only 1 option i.e. 'G' for the 3rd slot H cannot be on either side of G that leaves us with 3 letters I J K- 3 1 2 - Among those 3 letters we chose 1 and that leaves us with 2 other letters. After spot for three of the letters are finalized we have two letters left hence 2 3 1 2 1 = 12. Remember this is a permutation problem so order matters
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[ I'd typically solve this question the same way amorphous did. However, since the answer choices are relatively small, it's not a crazy idea to consider LISTING AND COUNTING all possible outcomes (especially if you're not sure how to solve the question. If we're take a systematic approach, it won't take long. We get: HIGJK HIGKJ HJGIK HJGKI HKGIJ HKGJI IJGKH IKGJH JIGKH JKGIH KIGJH KJGIH TOTAL = 12 Answer: D Cheers, Brent
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Merged similar topics. Brent also explained it two times. Use the search button before to post a question https://greprepclub.com/forum/search.phpWe do HAVE ALL the official questions released by ETS in the entire GRE history. No need to post once again
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