Confusing combination/permutation GMAT PREP

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Confusing combination/permutation GMAT PREP

by awilhelm » Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:22 pm
At a dinner party, 5 people are to be seated around a circular table. Two seating arrangements are considered different only when the positions of the people are different relative to each other. What is the total number of different possible seating arrangements?

Why isn't it 5!
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