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since people cant sit in 2 seats, each time the amount of the people who can sit in a seat goes down.
 
since people cant sit in 2 seats, each time the amount of the people who can sit in a seat goes down.
  
-    -    -    -    -    -    -    -                         
+
 
8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1
+
        -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -                         
        <---amount of choices left for each seat (sorry I can't get this formatted but you get the idea)
+
        8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1
 +
            amount of choices left for each seat

Revision as of 14:12, 9 September 2008

To elaborate on Brian's post, the way he got the 7*6*5 can be thought up a little easier if you do a small diagram

I made mine like each - is a seat since people cant sit in 2 seats, each time the amount of the people who can sit in a seat goes down.


       -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -                         
       8     7     6     5     4     3     2     1
            amount of choices left for each seat

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