Provide an appropriate response.Consider the following counting problem. Eight women and seven men are waiting in line at a movie theater. How many ways are there to arrange these 15 people amongst themselves such that the eight women occupy the first eight places and the seven men the last seven places? To solve this problem, which of the following rules would you use?

Question

A. Both the combinations rule and the fundamental counting principle
B. Both the permutations rule and the fundamental counting principle
C. The fundamental counting principle only
D. The permutations rule only

Answer 1

Answer: B