Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Seven flute players are listed in the program in random order. How many different ways can the names be listed?

Assuming they all have different names 7! 
(counting principle) 


Take a look: 
7 ways to list first name
6 ways for the second
5 for the third
4 the fourth
3 fifth
2 sixth
1 last 
the total number of ways is the product: 
(7)(6)(5)(4)(3)(2)(1)=7! 

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