This the permuations around a
ring.
Unlike the arrangements in a line the arrangements
around a ring , the starting and end points
coincide.
Therefore the order of the place does not
count.
Now, let there be n different (coloured)
beads.
So for a fixed place of the one particular bead in
the necklace, the number of arrangements of other n-1 beads = (n-1)!
ways.
If consider clockwise and anticlock wise as of no
consequence, then n different beaded necklace = could be in
(n-1)!/2.
Therefore 10 different coloured beaded necklace
could be in
(10-1)! = 9! ways = 362880 ways (cw and antcw
are considered different)
9!/2 = 181440 ways (cw and anti
cw are not consedred different.)
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