4 couples (8 people) are getting on a double-decker bus that has 4 seats on each floor. How many different ways can they sit on the bus so that each person's partner is on the opposite floor?

There are 9216 different ways.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of couples = 4

Number of people in couples = 8

Number of seats on each floor = 4

Number of ways to select a person from each to send him (or her) to the upper deck would be

Number of ways to select a person to send them to the bottom floor would be

Number of ways to select a person to send them to the upper floor would be :

So, the total number of different ways would be :

Hence, there are 9216 different ways.

this story was prepared by jim

mccullaugh in los angeles and

al stewart in new york.

new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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