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Write the number of ways in which 7 men and 7 women can sit on a round table such that no two women sit together.

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Each of the seven men can be arranged amongst themselves in 7! ways.
The women can be arranged amongst themselves in seven places, in 6! ways (i.e. n things can be arranged in (n-1)! ways around a round table).
By fundamental principle of counting, total number of ways = 7!×6!

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