How many ways can 6 people be seated in a round table?

How many ways can 6 people be seated in a round table?

Correct Answer: 120

Step 1: Understand that arranging people around a round table is different from a straight line because the arrangement is circular.
Step 2: Realize that in a circular arrangement, one person's position can be fixed to avoid counting the same arrangement multiple times.
Step 3: Fix one person in one seat. This means we only need to arrange the remaining 5 people.
Step 4: Calculate the number of ways to arrange the remaining 5 people. This is done using the factorial of the number of people, which is 5! (5 factorial).
Step 5: Calculate 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120.
Step 6: Conclude that the total number of ways to arrange 6 people around a round table is 120.

Circular Permutations – In circular arrangements, one position is fixed to account for rotations, reducing the total arrangements by one.