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2*8!

2 because 1st and last can be arranged in 2 ways. There are other 8 slots and that forms a permutation of 8! => total is 2*8!
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Clear 2*8!

Blues can be arranged in 2! ways = 2
Rock can be arranged in 8! ways

hence total = 2*8!
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Label the blues songs as BA and BB. We're told the blues song make the first and last songs.

So the ordering can be BA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BB or BB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BA

For the first one, there are 8! ways to order the songs. The second one is the same.

Total = 2(8!)



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