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6 people changing seats

Source: amc 12b #22

February 26, 2015
rotationsymmetryAMC

Problem Statement

Six chairs are evenly spaced around a circular table. One person is seated in each chair. Each person gets up and sits down in a chair that is not the same chair and is not adjacent to the chair he or she originally occupied, so that again one person is seated in each chair. In how many ways can this be done? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>14<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>16<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>18<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>20<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>24 <span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>14\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>16\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>18\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>20\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>24