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The total number of ways in which 6 persons can be seated at a round table, so that all persons shall not have the same neighbours in any two arrangements.

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60
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120
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180
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360
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Solution

The correct option is A 60

If all persons shall not have the same neighbours in any two arrangements, in this case, anticlockwise and clockwise arrangements should be considered identical.

Hence, the number of ways of arrangements
=5!2=60.


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