Question

A circular, rotating serving tray has 8 different desserts placed around its circumference. How many different ways can all of the desserts be arranged on the circular tray?

Answer 1

In order to solve for the ways the desserts can be arranged in the circular tray, we make use of the expression,

(n - 1)!

where n is the number of desserts. In this problem, there are 8 desserts. 7! equals 5040. Therefore, there are 5040 ways to arrange the desserts in the circular tray.