SOLUTION: A doctor at a hospital has 5 patients to visit. In how many different ways can she make her rounds if she checks each patient once?

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Question 1164171: A doctor at a hospital has 5 patients to visit. In how many different ways can she make her rounds if she checks each patient once?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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5 items can be ordered in 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 ways.     ANSWER

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This problem is about PERMUTATIONS.

On Permutations,  see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Permutations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations
    - Simple and simplest problems on permutations
    - Special type permutations problems
    - Problems on Permutations with restrictions

    - 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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