<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 Eight people are sitting around a circular table for a meeting, including one leader, one deputy leader, and one recorder. The recorder must sit between the leader and the deputy leader. Calculate the number of different seating arrangements possible, considering arrangements that can be made identical through rotation as the same. Express your answer as a single integer. Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
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Eight people are sitting around a circular table for a meeting, including one leader, one deputy leader, and one recorder. The recorder must sit between the leader and the deputy leader. Calculate the number of different seating arrangements possible, considering arrangements that can be made identical through rotation as the same. Express your answer as a single integer.
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