Line up 5 people different ways??

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Line up 5 people different ways??
Message posted by RedHead (via 198.81.17.46) on November 12, 2001 at 3:22 PM (ET)

Please help!! Given five couples, how many different ways can you line up five people if no couple is allowed to stand next to each other? I got 16,800. Is this way off base? Thanks!

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