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Five journalists, two baristas, and a sailor are to be seated around a circular table. How many different arrangements are possible if the journalists must all sit together (in five consecutive seats) and the baristas must sit next to each other? (two seatings are considered equivalent if one seating can be obtained from rotating the other. ).



Answer :

There are total 480 ways to arrange 5 journalists, 2 baristas and a sailor around a ccircular table.

What is Permutation?

When the order of the arrangements counts, permutation is a mathematical approach that determines the number of alternative arrangements in a set. A common mathematics problem involves selecting only a few items from a group of objects in a specific sequence.

Solution:

There are 5! ways to put 5 journalist around the table

and, there are 2! ways to put 2 baristas around the table

The, there are only 2 ways left ot put a sailor because the two ends are considered the same.

Total Arrangements possible = 5! * 2! * 2 = 120 * 2 * 2 = 480

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