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A family consists of a grandfather, m sons and daughters and 2n grandchildren. They are to be seated in a row for dinner. The grand-children wish to occupy the n seats at each end and the grandfather refuses to have grand-children on either side of him. In how many ways can the family be made to sit.

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`(.^(2n)P_(2n))(.^(m)P_(m))(.^(m-1)P_(1))=(2n!)m!(m-1)`
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