Sam bought 9 tickets all in the same row to a KC Royals game for himself and his
friends next week. His friends are Eric, Sarah, Renee, David, Julie, Derek, Kelsey and
Kyle.

(a) How many different ways can the friends be seated in the row?
(b) Sam has a crush on Sarah, so he wants to make sure his seat is next to hers. How
many ways are there to assign the seats now?
(c) How many ways are there to assign the seats if Sam wants to ensure that they
are all seated boy-girl-boy-girl?