SOLUTION: A coordinator will select 5 songs from a list of 7 songs to compose an event's musical entertainment lineup. How many different lineups are possible?

Question 1204095: A coordinator will select 5 songs from a list of 7 songs to compose an event's musical entertainment lineup. How many different lineups are possible?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Find the number of choices he has for the first song; then find the number he has for the second; then the third, fourth, and fifth.

Multiply those numbers of choices together to find the number of lineups of 5 of the 7 songs.

first song: 7 choices
second: 6 choices
...

Total number of lineups of 5 of the 7 songs: 7*6*....= ___ (you finish)

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