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The number of ways in which you can put five beads of five different colours to form a necklace is:

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12
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Correct option is A

Number of ways of putting beads in a necklace is 4! But clockwise arrangement abcde and anticlockwise arrangement aedcb are not really different, for, the arrangement abcde gives rise to arrangement aedcb if the necklace is turned over.∴ required number of ways =12(4!)=12


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