Round Table Seating

Combinatorics
Circular Permutations
Easy
Eight distinct people sit around a circular table. Rotations are considered identical. How many seating arrangements are possible?
Hint 1

Fix one person's seat to remove rotational symmetry.

Hint 2

Arrange the remaining 7 people in the remaining seats.

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  1. 1. Fix a reference

    Fix one person's position to account for rotational equivalence.

  2. 2. Arrange the rest

    The remaining 7 people can be arranged in ways.

Answer: 7!

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