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Hi why it can not be 8 as the we can divide 6 seats in 2 different ways.
please explain fault in my reasoning?

Hi arvind910619,

It can't be 8 because the question is about the circular arrangement. In the case of a linear arrangement, it would be 8.

Please refer the attached diagram. Both arrangments are essentially same. If you rotate the first diagram you will get the second diagram.

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Three boys and three girls are to be seated around a table in a circle. Among boys, X does not want any girl neighbor and among girls Y does not want any boy neighbor. How many such arrangements are possible?

A) 6
B) 4
C) 8
D) 2
E) 9

Since none of the given answer choices is more than 10, we can list all the arrangements. We can let A and B be the remaining two boys and C and D be the remaining two girls.

Since X doesn’t want to sit next to a girl, he must sit between A and B. Since Y doesn’t want to sit next to a boy, she must sit between C and D. Therefore, we can have the following arrangements:

A-X-B-C-Y-D
B-X-A-C-Y-D
A-X-B-D-Y-C
B-X-A-D-Y-C

We see that there are 4 seating arrangements.

Answer: B



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