document.write( "Question 1191982: In how many ways can you arrange five people around a circular table? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Assuming rotations do not matter (i.e. if we number the seats {1,2,3,4,5} then
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document.write( "{A,B,C,D,E}  is the same as  {B,C,D,E,A} ) then the number of ways is:\r
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document.write( "  (5-1)! = 4! = \r
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document.write( " [ If the seat number that a person is sitting in does matter (say there is a special head-of-the-table seat), then there are 5! = 120 ways for them to be seated, basically the result above but multiplied by 5 for the 5 head-of-table seatings ]  \n" );
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