SOLUTION: Help me please! A bus starts with 6 people and stops at 10 different stops. How many different ways can the 6 people depart if; A. Any passenger can depart at any bus stop.

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A bus starts with 6 people and stops at 10 different stops. How many different ways can the 6 people depart if;
A. Any passenger can depart at any bus stop.
B. No two passengers can depart at the same bus stop.

Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I will solve ONLY the case B here.

It is the same as to ask:


    In how many ways 6 different pigeons can be placed in 10 pigeonholes, under the condition
    that there are no two pigeons in one pigeonhole ?


The answer is: in   10*9*8*7*6*5 = 151200 ways.


    1-st pigeon can be placed into any of          10 pigeonholes;
    2-nd pigeon can be placed into any of remained  9 pigeonholes;
    3-rd pigeon can be placed into any of remained  8 pigeonholes;
    4-th pigeon can be placed into any of remained  7 pigeonholes;
    5-th pigeon can be placed into any of remained  6 pigeonholes;
    6-th pigeon can be placed into any of remained  5 pigeonholes.

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On Combinations,  see the lessons
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - Arranging elements of sets containing indistinguishable elements
    - Persons sitting around a circular table
    - Combinatoric problems for entities other than permutations and combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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