Solved...Thank you.
G galactus Super Moderator Staff member Joined Sep 28, 2005 Messages 7,216 Jan 26, 2009 #2 Let \(\displaystyle E_{k}\) be the event that the kth couple is seated together. We want its complement. \(\displaystyle 1-P\left(E_{1}\cup E_{2}\cup E_{3}\cup E_{4}\right)\). \(\displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^{4}\frac{(-1)^{k}\binom 8 k \cdot 2^{k}\cdot (8-k)!}{8!}\) Hope I got that right :wink: EDIT: I just found this. See the bottom of the page, problem #3. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~oufang/discussion/D02.pdf
Let \(\displaystyle E_{k}\) be the event that the kth couple is seated together. We want its complement. \(\displaystyle 1-P\left(E_{1}\cup E_{2}\cup E_{3}\cup E_{4}\right)\). \(\displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^{4}\frac{(-1)^{k}\binom 8 k \cdot 2^{k}\cdot (8-k)!}{8!}\) Hope I got that right :wink: EDIT: I just found this. See the bottom of the page, problem #3. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~oufang/discussion/D02.pdf
D Deleted member 4993 Guest Jan 26, 2009 #3 Daniel_Feldman said: Solved...Thank you. Click to expand... Daniel, Why did you erase your original question? Please replace it - so that a student at a future date can get the benifit of teaching that Glactus provided you.
Daniel_Feldman said: Solved...Thank you. Click to expand... Daniel, Why did you erase your original question? Please replace it - so that a student at a future date can get the benifit of teaching that Glactus provided you.
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,707 Jan 26, 2009 #4 well shown here: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/seque ... &go=Search