Challenge Yourself! Find the circular permutations of 15 students seated around a circular table. Your 13 friends are sitting at a round table, Find the number of ways they can be arranged. Your mother made 5 side dishes, how many ways can she arrange them at a round table. Find the number of ways that a family of 4 can be seated at a round table. If the seating arrangement is to be circular, how many seating arrangements are possible for 10 teachers
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Circular permutations of 15 students seated around a circular table: The number of circular permutations of n objects is (n-1)!. Therefore, the number of circular permutations of 15 students is (15-1)! = 14!. Show more…
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