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but you can reflect seating arrangements

and also, there's three women a man man can sit next to

so 3 combinations of the two women sitting next to a man

and 6 if you reflect the seating

but i don't know what the answer is

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If we call the women w1, w2, w3 and w4 and take any one man M. Presume w4 is the wife of the man and therefore cannot sit beside him. The combinations are as follows:

w1 M w2

w2 M w1

w1 M w3

w3 M w1

w2 M w3

w3 M w2

So six combinations?

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These are the 12 combinations I have so far. Maybe I mis-read the question?

If it has m before it its the man, if it doesn't its the women. I couldnt show the example in circles, so have put them in a line, same thing though - just imagine it in a circle!

m4 3 m2 1 m3 4 m1 2

m4 3 m1 4 m2 1 m3 2

m4 3 m2 4 m1 2 m3 1

m4 3 m1 2 m3 4 m2 1

m4 2 m1 4 m3 1 m2 3

m4 2 m3 1 m2 4 m1 3

m4 2 m1 3 m2 4 m3 1

m4 2 m3 4 m1 3 m2 1

m4 1 m2 3 m1 4 m3 2

m4 1 m3 4 m1 3 m2 2

m4 1 m2 4 m3 2 m1 3

m4 1 m3 4 m1 2 m2 3

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ok, i finally realized why there are only two answers

beacause this is a circular table, there is no first or last person. all of the variations posted other that the two are all just starting with different people, and yes i am pretty very sure about this.

B)) B)) :DB)):ph34r: :ph34r:

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ok, i finally realized why there are only two answers

beacause this is a circular table, there is no first or last person. all of the variations posted other that the two are all just starting with different people, and yes i am pretty very sure about this.

B)) B)) :DB)):ph34r: :ph34r:

If u imagine all my answers in circular form, there are 12 different variations. I don't understand what you are trying to say is wrong with it - can you be more specific?

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name='starfish' date='Jul 27 2008, 03:09 PM' post='53712']

These are the 12 combinations I have so far. Maybe I mis-read the question?

If it has m before it its the man, if it doesn't its the women. I couldnt show the example in circles, so have put them in a line, same thing though - just imagine it in a circle!

m4 w3 m2 w1 m3 w4 m1 w2 this

m4 w3 m1 w4 m2 w1 m3 w2 this

m4 w3 m2 w4 m1 w2 m3 w1

m4 w3 m1 w2 m3 w4 m2 w1

m4 w2 m1 w4 m3 w1 m2 w3 and this are the same

m4 w2 m3 w1 m2 w4 m1 w3 and this are the same

m4 w2 m1 w3 m2 w4 m3 w1

m4 w2 m3 w4 m1 w3 m2 w1

m4 w1 m2 w3 m1 w4 m3 w2

m4 w1 m3 w4 m1 w3 m2 w2 this doesent work

m4 w1 m2 w4 m3 w2 m1 w3

m4 w1 m3 w4 m1 w2 m2 w3 this dosent work

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