document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1102191>Question 1102191</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in how ways can 5 boys and 3 girls be arranged in a circle if the girl must stand together\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the 5 girls are together, then the 3 boys are also together.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of ways of arranging the 5 girls is 5!=120; the number of ways of arranging the 3 boys is 3!=6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the 8 people are arranged in a circle, you don't know \"where the starting point is\"; it could be with any one of the 8 people.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total number of arrangements is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Try to get other answers; I often analyze this kind of problem incorrectly.) </SPAN>\n" );
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