Aschool bus has 25 seats, with 5 rows of 5 seats. 15 students from the first grade and 5 students from the second-grade travel in the bus. how many ways can the students be seated if all the first-grade students occupy the first 3 rows?

a. 25p20
b. 5p5 * 20p15
c. 15c15 * 10c5
d. 15p15 * 10p5
e. 15p15 * 10c5

The correct answer option is D. 15P15 x 10P5.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that there are 15 students in first grade and we have 5 rows of 5 seats to accommodate them. So first grade students can be arranged to occupy the seats in .

Also, we have 5 students in the second grade with a total of 25 seats from which 15 seats are already occupied so we are left with 10 seats now.

Therefore, the students can be seated in 15P15 x 10P5 ways.

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step-by-step explanation:

1+1=2