document.write( "Question 1207620: At a meeting, $4$ scientists, $3$ mathematicians, and $2$ journalists are to be seated around a circular table. How many different arrangements are possible if every mathematician must sit next to a journalist? (Two seatings are considered equivalent if one seating can be obtained from rotating the other.) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Ikleyn has analyzed the logic of the problem correctly, and I applaud her for\r\n" );
document.write( "that.  But unfortunately, she overlooked the very small fact that there are 2\r\n" );
document.write( "choices for the journalist to place in chair #1 in position \"North\", or 12\r\n" );
document.write( "o'clock.  So she only got half the correct answer. Since there are 2 ways to\r\n" );
document.write( "choose the journalist in chair #1 at 12 o'clock, the correct answer is 2x576 or\r\n" );
document.write( "1152.\r\n" );
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