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OpenStudy (anonymous):

in how many ways can five different trees be planted in a circle

OpenStudy (jonnyvonny):

Umm, are there some numbers to work with?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if i am not mistaken it is \(4!\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in a line it would be \(5!\) but in a circle \(4!\)

OpenStudy (jonnyvonny):

@satellite73 Is that just common knowledge?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

maybe it comes with a fairly easy explanation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you have to plant one tree somewhere then going say to the right you have 4 choices, then 3, then 2, then 1

OpenStudy (jonnyvonny):

Oh, icy. But how do you know its 5! and not 6! or 7! ?

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