Seats for the guests at an awards ceremony are arranged in two rows of eight and ten,

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Seats for the guests at an awards ceremony are arranged in two rows of eight and ten, divided by an aisle, as shown


Seats are randomly allocated to 18 guests.

a. Find the probability that two particular guests are allocated seats:

i. On the same side of the aisle

ii. In the same row

iii. On the same side of the aisle and in the same row.

b. Give a reason why the answer to part a iii is not equal to the product of the answers to part a i and part a ii.

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