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Problem Solving (PS) | Re: If 6 people are going to sitting at a round table, but Sam will not si

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chetan2u wrote:

hazelnut wrote:
If 6 people are going to sitting at a round table, but Sam will not sit next to Suzie, how many different ways can the group of 6 sit?

(A) 120
(B) 108
(C) 96
(D) 74
(E) 56



Hi...
6 people can be arranged in (6-1)!=120ways
Now let sam and Suzie be sitting together and hence there are 5 people
Ways = (5-1)!*2=4!*2=48.... Multiplication by 2 is cater for sam-suzane and suzane-sam..

Ways they don't sit together=120-48=72..
hazelnut D may be 72 and not 74..
derstand why it
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