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5 boys and 5 girls sit in a row randomly. Find the probability that all the boys sit together.

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To find the probability that all 5 boys sit together when 5 boys and 5 girls are seated randomly in a row, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Treat all boys as a single unit Since we want all boys to sit together, we can treat the group of 5 boys as a single unit. Let's denote this unit as B6. Therefore, we now have: - 1 unit of boys (B6) - 5 individual girls (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5) This gives us a total of 6 units to arrange: B6, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5. ...
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