A group of 5 friends—Archie, Betty, Jerry, Moose, and Veronica—arrived at the movie theater to see a movie. Because they arrived late, their only seating option consists of 3 middle seats in the front row, an aisle seat in the front row, and an adjoining seat in the third row. If Archie, Jerry, or Moose must sit in the aisle seat while Betty and Veronica refuse to sit next to each other, how many possible seating arrangements are there? Choose the correct choice from the following answers.
A) 32  B) 36  C) 48  D) 72  E) 120
First, place one person in the isle seat - 3 possibilities.   Second, place the two girls Betty and Veronica (more specifically separate them) and then place the remaining two persons - the girls can sit either in the middle seats, one seat apart, or one girl in the third row and then the other girl with the remaining two guys in the middle seats - which is 2*2! + 2*3! = 16.   Total number of possibilities 3*16= 
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48.   Answer 48
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A group of 5 friends—Archie, Betty, Jerry, Moose, and Veronica—arrived at the movie theater to see a movie. Because they arrived late, their only seating option consists of 3 middle seats in the front row, an aisle seat in the front row, and an adjoining seat in the third row. If Archie, Jerry, or Moose must sit in the aisle seat while Betty and Veronica refuse to sit next to each other, how many possible seating arrangements are there?