Bijection Basic

Problem - 3

Ten people form a line, among which two are Chinese and two are Americans. Find the probability that both Chinese will stand in front of both Americans (not necessarily immediately in the front).


We do not need to consider the other $6$ people and can only focus on the two Chinese and two Americans. In which case, the valid arrangment must be $CCAA$.

By the multiplication principle, there are $2\times 1$ ways to arrange these two Chinese, and $2\times 1$ ways to arrange these two Americans. Meanwhile, thre are $4\times 3\times 2\times 1$ ways to arrange these four people free from any restriction. Therefore the answer is $$\frac{(2\times 1)\times (2\times 1)}{4\times 3\times 2\times 1}=\boxed{\frac{1}{6}}$$

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