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counting and probability junior

Problem

In how many ways can 8 different people be seated around a round table with 8 places? Two seatings are considered equivalent if one can be rotated to form the other.
Solution
There are ways to place the people around the table, but this counts each valid arrangement 8 times (once for each rotation of the same arrangement). The answer is .
Final answer
5040