Sorting seating
I’m figuring out the seating arrangement for 8 people in 8 seats, ensuring A and B sit next to each other, while C and D don't.
Mapping seat arrangements
First, I'm figuring out 8 seats and counting ways to seat 8 people. Next, I want A and B together, minus seating C and D together.
Organizing A and B
I’m grouping A and B together as a block, leaving 6 other individuals to arrange. This setup simplifies the seating process and ensures A and B sit next to each other.
Mapping the seating
I’m planning where to place the A and B block and figuring out how to seat the remaining 6 individuals, considering their orientations and adjacency pairs.
Counting seatings
I’m digging into the total seatings with A and B adjacent, then excluding those where C and D are also adjacent, using complementary counting to avoid double-counting.
Placing the blocks
I’m strategically placing A and B, then finding C and D adjacent seats, ensuring no overlap and avoiding double-counting with unique methods for precise seatings.
Mapping out seatings
I’m assigning A and B, then C and D to seats, ensuring each pair is adjacent and considering all orientations for precise seatings.
Ensuring seat exclusivity
I’m mapping out how to select non-overlapping adjacency pairs for A and B, and C and D, from total seats, ensuring each pair occupies distinct seats.
Identifying valid pairs
I’m selecting valid adjacency pairs for A and B from one row and C and D from another, ensuring each pair is distinct and occupies non-overlapping seats.
Identifying valid combinations
I’m mapping out the distinct adjacency pairs for A and B from one row and C and D from another, ensuring no overlapping seats and considering all valid combinations.
Mapping seating permutations
Calculating ways to seat A and B, and C and D, involves 11 unique pair combinations. Each has 8 seating orientations, ensuring a comprehensive count of 88 ways.
Verifying the count
I’m checking the total valid seatings by subtracting 2112 combinations where A, B, and C, D are adjacent from the 8640 count where A, B are adjacent.
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