Some question: At a meeting of the 3 Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief of Naval Operations does not want to sit next to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. How many ways can the 3 Chiefs of Staff be seated around a circular table?
Options:
(A) 120
(B) 480
(C) 960
(D) 2520
(E) 5040
Some stream of consciousness:
Bunuel, I'm also a little confused with the number of arrangements of n distinct objects in a circle. Why is it given by (n-1)!. In theveritasanswer they say:answer C (960), should be the number of ways to arrange all 7 without the seating restriction given. Is this incorrect? The answer: (C).