In how many ways can you seat 5 people on a bench if one of them, Rohit, does not want to sit on the middle seat or at either end? Choices:
A) 720 B) 1720 C) 48 D) 5040 E) 10080
Since Rohit does not want to sit on the middle seat or at either end (3 chairs), then he can choose 2 chairs to sit. The remaining 4 people can sit in 4! ways. Thus the # of arrangements is 2*4! = 48.   Answer: 48.
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In how many ways can you seat 5 people on a bench if one of them, Rohit, does not want to sit on the middle seat or at either end?