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No Incest, Please (Posted on 2005-07-18) Difficulty: 3 of 5
There are three families each with two sons and two daughters. In how many ways can these young people be married so that each couple includes one member of each gender, no couple is brother and sister, and there are no singles left over?

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Solution A little more thought | Comment 6 of 14 |

Now that I've demonstrated the danger of off-the-cuff answers...

Take 3 families A, B, C

All in the family option:

BB CC AA or CC AA BB configurations

Within each of the 3 pairs there are 2 options for ordering for 2^3 options for each configuration - total 16 possibilities

Mixed option:

BC AC AB configuration only option

Within each of the three pairs there are 2 options for order of which son marries the daughter of which family for 2^3 options

Additionally, each daughter pair can be "swapped" for 2^3 additional options within each prior option - total 8*8 = 64 possibilities

So I get a total of 80 possibilities.


  Posted by Bob Smith on 2005-07-18 18:34:45
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