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document.write( "Total number of ways to arrange 10 questions = 10!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "number of ways when easiest and most difficult follow each other = 2 * 9!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(assume that pair of easiest and most difficult as single one )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, total number of ways when easiest and most difficult don;t  follow each other\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " = 10! -  2* 9!\r<BR>\n" );
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