Four boys and four girls

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Four boys and four girls go to a movie theater to see a movie. All the boys sit together and all the girls sit together. All the boys and girls are sitting in 8 adjacent seats. After some time, the lights suddenly go off. The manager of the theater calls 1008990, and after a few minutes, the lights come again. But this time, each boy is sitting next to a girl (i.e., they are sitting in pairs). How did this happen?

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mathematics situation

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gannolloy · Answer

I feel like this isn't the answer you're looking for, but I don't see anything in the puzzle that doesn't fit it.

kamenf · Answer

Looks like:

Shaleen Jain · Answer

Let's consider 1 to be boys and 0 to be girls.

Then as per the problem
Initial configuration is 11110000
Then power cut.          -
Dialed number is                    1008990

Then the answer is

Which is our final configuration.

Oriol · Answer

Each boy was sitting next to a girl from the very beginning:

┌──> 8 adjacent seats
  ┌────┴────┐
  │ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │
┌─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┐
│ │ │♂│ │♀│ │ ├──┐
└─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┘  │
┌─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┐  │
│ │ │♂│ │♀│ │ ├──┤
└─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┘  ├──> each boy next to a girl, in pairs
┌─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┐  │
│ │ │♂│ │♀│ │ ├──┤
└─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┘  │
┌─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┐  │
│ │ │♂│ │♀│ │ ├──┘
└─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┼─┘
  └─┼─┼─┼─┼─┘
    └┬┘ └┬┘
     │   └──> all the girls sit together
     └──> all the boys sit together

Four boys and four girls

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