In how many ways can members of a school sit along a circular table, when the secretary is to sit on side of the principal and the deputy secretary on the other side?
Explanation for the correct option:
Finding the ways of seating arrangement:
Total number of members
The position of secretary vice secretary and principal are mixed but there is no condition of clockwise and anti-clockwise
Hence the total number of sitting ways according to the given condition
As the position of three persons is fixed, we can change the position of members only
So the total number of ways of the seating arrangement of members
Thus, the total number of ways in which members can be seated along with a circular table
Hence, option (A) is correct.