Q57Multiple choice
Eighteen guests are to be seated, half on each side of a long table. Four particular guests desire to sit on one particular side and three others on other side of the table. The number of ways in which the seating arrangements 11! can be made is (9!)(9!) . 5!6! [Hint: After sending 4 on one side and 3 on the other side, we have to select out of 11; 5 on one side and 6 on the other. Now there are 9 on each side of the long table and each can be arranged in 9! ways.]