Seating the Ambassadors
Problem
A round table has twelve chairs numbered through in order. Four ambassadors, each accompanied by one advisor, are to be seated. Each ambassador must sit in an even-numbered chair, and each advisor must sit in a chair adjacent to his or her own ambassador. Let be the number of possible seating arrangements. Find the remainder when is divided by .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 5/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | combinatorics, Counting, Casework |
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