Problema Solution

In how many ways can three students be seated in a row of three seats?

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Lets denote the three students with A, B and C.

Now we can describe the sitting patterns in the row by:

ABC (meaning the first place is taken by student A, the second place is taken by student B and the third place is taken by student C):

ACB

ABC

BAC

BCA

CAB

CBA

The students can be seated in 6 different ways.