SOLUTION: mr. santos has set 8 questions for a math test. a.) how many permutations are there for the 8 questions? can u please show me the solution. thank you so much

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Question 1173250: mr. santos has set 8 questions for a math test.
a.) how many permutations are there for the 8 questions?
can u please show me the solution. thank you so much

Answer by Solver92311(821)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


There are 8 ways to choose the first question. Then, for each of those 8 ways, there are 7 ways to choose the second question, for a total of 56 ways to choose the first two questions. Then, for each of those 56 ways, there are 6 ways to choose the third question...and so on. In sum:

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