Ten Billiard Balls

Given 10 billiard balls numbered 1,2,3,…,10, show that there are exactly two ways to arrange them in a circle so that the difference of any two adjacent numbers is �1 or �2. Furthermore, show that each of the two arrangements is a mirror image of the other.


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