At the airport, ten people are waiting on standby. Two seats become available, one first class and one coach. How many ways are there to fill the two seats?

10
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90

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Answer:

Last Option

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 10 people and two seats. Then we must choose 2 people out of 10 to occupy the seats.

The seats are different so the order in which people feel is important.

This is a problem of permutations

For the first seat I must choose a person of between 10.

For the second seat I must choose a person from 9.

So, if we call m the number of ways in which you can assign the seats:

[tex]m = 10*9\\\\m = 90[/tex]

Answer:

90

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