SOLUTION: There are 8 cars plying between towns A and B. In how many ways can a person go from one town to the other and return by a different car?

SOLUTION: There are 8 cars plying between towns A and B. In how many ways can a person go from one town to the other and return by a different car?

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Question 1116593: There are 8 cars plying between towns A and B. In how many ways can a person go from one town to the other and return by a different car?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Fundamental Counting Principle: Multiply the numbers of ways of doing each step.

8 choices for the road to go one direction; then 7 choices for the road to return. So 8*7=56 different ways.
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