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Find the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls be seated in a row so that no 2 girls may sit together.

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Number of boys=5
Number of girls=5
5 boys can be seated in a row in =5P5=5! ways
×B1×B1×B1×B1×B1×
5 girls can be arranged in 6 gaps in 6P5=5!(65)!=6!
Hence, the number of ways in which no two girls sit together=5!×6! ways=86,400ways.

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