REVIEW

• HOW MANY DISTINGUISHABLE PERMUTATIONS

ARE POSSIBLE WITH ALL THE LETTERS OF THE
WORD

“ELLIPSES”
 CIRCULAR
PERMUTATION

AARON JAMES D. LICO

MATH TEACHER
 LETS THINK !!!!

IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN

3 STUDENTS SEATED IN A
CIRCULAR/ROUND TABLE?
 In how many ways can 3 students
seated in a circular/round table?

1st
arrangement

2nd

arrangement

ANSWER: THERE ARE 2 POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENT.

ACTIVITY # 1

IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN 2

BOYS AND 1 GIRL CAN BE
SEATED AROUND A TABLE?
IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN 2 BOYS AND 1 GIRL
CAN BE SEATED AROUND A TABLE?

THERE ARE 3 PERSONS INVOLVED

1st
arrangement

2nd

arrangement

ANSWER: THERE ARE 2 POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENT.

ACTIVITY # 2
IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN 4 PEOPLE BE SEATED
AROUND A CIRCULAR TABLE?

THEREFORE THERE ARE 6 WAYS TO SEAT 4 PEOPLE IN A

CIRCULAR TABLE.
WHAT PROCESS/SOLUTION DID YOU USED FOR
YOU TO GET THE ANSWER?

DO YOU THINK WE CAN EASILY GET THE

ANSWER WITHOUT LISTING THE POSSIBLE
ARRANGEMENT?

HOW?
THE PERMUTATION OF N OBJECTS ARRANGED IN A
CIRCLE IS :

P = (N – 1)!
WHEN DO WE USE CIRCULAR
PERMUTATION?
WHAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO
OR SITUATION CAN THIS BE
DONE?
EXAMPLE

CALCULATE THE CIRCULAR PERMUTATIONS

OF 7 ELEMENTS.
P= (7 − 1)!
P = 6!
P=6·5·4·3·2·1
P = 720
HOW MANY WAYS CAN EIGHT PEOPLE SIT
AROUND A ROUND TABLE?

P = (8 – 1) !
P = 7!
P=7*6*5*4*3*2*1
P= 5,040
 SEAT WORK

1. IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN 8 PERSONS SEATED IN

A CIRCULAR TABLE?
2. FIND THE NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH 5 PEOPLE
A,B,C,D,E CAN BE SEATED AT A ROUND TABLE?
 ASSIGNMENT

FIND THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS

THAT A FAMILY 0F 6 CAN BE SEATED
AROUND A CIRCULAR TABLE WITH 6
CHAIRS.