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How many ways are there of seating six people at a round table so that two specific people sit together?

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6 People in a round table can be seated in (6 - 1) ! ways = 120. Now we need to subtract the number of cases when one of those is sitting next to 2 of the other 5. We can consider as if 5 people are sitting in a row because it is round table.

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