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2008 AMC 10BProblem 21P21-25~6 minPrint

Ten chairs are evenly spaced around a round table and numbered clockwise from 11 through 1010 . Five married couples are to sit in the chairs with men and women alternating, and no one is to sit either next to or across from his/her spouse. How many seating arrangements are possible?

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