At an international conference, flags from 8 different countries will be displayed. Of these flags, 4 are from the continent of Africa and 4 flags are from the continent of Europe. The flags will be displayed in a row, alternating between continents. A flag from Africa will be in the first position. In how many ways can the flags be displayed?

96 ways

Step-by-step explanation:

Let´s call flags of countries from Africa as  A₁,  A₂, A₃, A₄, and from Europe as  E₁, E₂, E₃ and E₄

We have to display the flags always beginning with one flag from Africa let´s take A₁

For that flag, we have 4! possibilities Then 4! is:

4*3*2*1  = 24

As we have 4 different Flags from Africa, we will have

4*24 = 96  possibilities