In how many ways can 6 students be seated in a row of 6 seats if 2 of the students insists o sitting beside each other?

4 answers

treat the 2 as one item, so you are arranging 5
which is 5!
but the two students could be interchanged, so

number of ways to seat the students
= 2(5!) = ...

240

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