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A book store arranges it best-seller magazines in the front window. In how many different ways can 5 best-seller magazines be arranged in a row?

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A book store arranges it best-seller magazines in the front window. In how many different ways can 5 best-seller magazines be arranged in a row?

anonymous · Answer

there are 5 books, and there are 5 slots (one for each book)
in the first slot there are 5 different options, after you put a book on the first slot, the second slot will only have 4 options left... so on and so forth. so you just multiply the amount of possibilities each "slot" has until you run out of books :)

raden · Answer

actually, its called 5P5 = ...

lilai3 · Answer

so is it 5*4*3*2*1... 120 different arrangements?

raden · Answer

yes, that's right

lilai3 · Answer

thank you! would you be willing to help me on one more problem?