Four Seats

If there are 4 empty seats in a theatre, how many combinations are there for the number of ways 4 people could sit in these seats?

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December 23rd, 2011 | Category: Brain Riddle, Movies, Word Riddles |  Email This Riddle

4 guesses to Four Seats

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• Jimmy Barcus

  December 26, 2011 at 1:49 PM

  4 * 3 * 2 = 24

  24 ?

• Dude

  December 26, 2011 at 2:44 PM

  24 is correct, Jimmy Barcus.

  Think of naming the people A, B, C and D. If A sat on the left then the others could sit in one of these ways: BCD, BDC, CBD, CDB, DBC, DCB – 6 ways. But any one of the four could sit on the left seat, so we must multiple our answer by 4, giving 24.

  Great job, you’re today’s winner.

• Cerberus

  September 24, 2014 at 2:24 AM

  4! with ! being the mathematical symbol

• Liz O'Brien

  September 26, 2018 at 8:21 AM

  but once someone sits in it the seat is no longer empty.