Q6.1

A partial order $≤$ is defined on the set $S=\left \{ x, a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n, y \right \}$ as $x$ $\leq _{i}$ $a_{i}$ for all $i$ and $a_{i}\leq y$ for all $i$, where $n ≥ 1$. The number of total orders on the set S which contain the partial order $≤$ is