In this paper we enumerate the number of ways of selecting $k$ objects from $n$ objects arrayed in a line such that no two selected ones are separated by $m-1,2m-1,...,pm-1$ objects and provide three different formulas when $m,pgeq 1$ and $ngeq pm(k-1)$. Also, we prove that the number of ways of selecting $k$ objects from $n$ objects arrayed in a circle such that no two selected ones are separated by $m-1,2m-1,...,pm-1$ objects is given by $frac{n}{n-pk}binom{n-pk}{k}$, where $m,pgeq 1$ and $ngeq mpk+1$.
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