#869 · Combinatorics · Counting
Best and worst papers apart
Ten examination papers are to be arranged in a line. In how many arrangements do the best paper and the worst paper never appear next to each other?
H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XI. Permutations and Combinations, Examples XI.a, No. 29
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