[Math] Probability that, with six girls and six boys in a row, all the girls sit together

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Six boys and six girls sit in a row randomly. Find the probability that six girls sit together?

(a)$\frac{1}{32} (b)\frac{2}{7}$

(c)$\frac{5}{12}$ (d) None of these

what i have tried

Since six girls need to sit together so the number of combination of girls sitting next to each can be formed =$12 \choose 6$=924
The number arrangement that can be done to make boys and girls sit on $12$ seats= $2^{12}$

Therefore the probability of girls sitting next to each other=$\frac{12 \choose 6}{2^{12}}=\frac{231}{1024}$

But i think so this is not one of the option and so please help me with the problem.

Best Answer

Consider the $6$ girls as one person, then the total number of situations when $6$ girls sitting together is $7!$ multiplied by the permutations of girls $6!$, the total number of all permutations is $12!$, hence the probability is $\frac{6!7!}{12!}=\frac{1}{132}$.

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