This gives a total of2*(10 C 1)*(9 C 4) ways.3) Finally, one of Joe or Jim is on the floor and the other is a floater. Then foreach of these two assignments the other 10 volunteers are arranged as follows:2 of the 10 are assigned to the door in (10 C 2) ways;3 of the remaining 8 are assigned to the floor in (8 C 3) ways;the other 5 are floaters. This gives a total of2*(10 C 2)*(9 C 3) ways.Thus the total number of ways the volunteers can be assigned is2*[(10 C 1)*(9 C 3) + (10 C 1)*(9 C 4) + (10 C 2)*(8 C 3)] =2*[10*84 + 10*126 + 45*56] = 2*4620 = 9240 ways.......
2/12 * 1/11 + 4/12 * 3/11 + 6/12 * 5/11 = 1/3.
Since there are 13860 possible assignments, and 1/3 of them have Joe and Jim working together, the total number with Joe and Jim separate is
(2/3) * 13860 = 9240.