Q:
In a G - 20 meeting there were total 20 people representing their own country. All the representative sat around a circular table. Find the number of ways in which we can arrange them around a circular table so that there is exactly one person between two representatives namely Manmohan and Musharraf.
Answer & Explanation
Answer: B) 2 x (18!)
Explanation: A person can be chosen out of 18 people in 18 ways to be seated between Musharraf and Manmohan. Now consider Musharraf, Manmohan, and the third person, sitting between them, as a single personality, we can arrange them in 17! ways but Musharraf and Manmohan can also be arranged in 2 ways.
Required number of permutations = 18 x (17!) x 2 = 2 x 18!
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