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An executive is planning his morning schedule, which will include five 28 Dec 2021, 05:15
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An executive is planning his morning schedule, which will include five meetings, three of which are with Human Resources. If none of the meetings with Human Resources are to be consecutive, how many different ways can he arrange the five meetings?

A. 6
B. 12
C. 15
D. 13
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An executive is planning his morning schedule, which will include five 28 Dec 2021, 05:35
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5 places are to be filled
1 3 5 are fixed
Meeting with same person but each meeting is to be treated differently hence 3!

These 3 can be arranged in 3! Ways

Remaining 2 ways are arranged in 2! Ways
So 3! × 2!

= 12
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