SOLUTION: You have five people running for class president. How many different ways can their names be placed on the ballot expressed in algebraic terms?

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Question 1988: You have five people running for class president.
How many different ways can their names be placed on the ballot expressed in algebraic terms?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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first person can be placed in 5 positions.
Once that is done, the second person has 4 positions free.
Third has 3 positions
Fourth has 2
and fifth person has just one position.
so, number of permutations are 5x4x3x2x1 which is called 5!, or 5-factorial

jon