Five people, including Asha and Babu, stand in a queue. In how many queues is Asha somewhere ahead of Babu (not necessarily just before)?

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60. All queues: 5!=120. Swapping Asha and Babu pairs up the queues, and in exactly one of each pair Asha is ahead. So 120÷2=60. (24 would force them to stand together.)

Five people, including Asha and Babu, stand in a queue. In how many queues is Asha somewhere ahead of Babu (not necessarily just before)?

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