On the windowsill
On the windowsill, 6 different flowers in flower pots are to be arranged next to each other. Four are flowering (one of them is a primrose), the rest are decorative with leaves (one of them is a fern). Determine:
a) how many different arrangements can be created on the windowsill from the flowers;
b) in how many arrangements will the primrose stand right to the right of the fern;
c) in how many arrangements will the flowering flowers stand next to each other;
d) in how many arrangements will the fern not stand at the edge.
Your answer:
a) how many different arrangements can be created on the windowsill from the flowers;
b) in how many arrangements will the primrose stand right to the right of the fern;
c) in how many arrangements will the flowering flowers stand next to each other;
d) in how many arrangements will the fern not stand at the edge.
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