SOLUTION: Could you please help me with the following question? A doctor visits 5 people by bus once a day. He can use either of two buses, but once he starts out he visits all 5 people

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Question 253884: Could you please help me with the following question?
A doctor visits 5 people by bus once a day. He can use either of two buses, but once he starts out he visits all 5 people in the same order before returning home. How many possibilities are there?

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Answer by richwmiller(9143) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this problem appears twice.
First of all I would like to meet this doctor who takes the bus!
Second I would like to meet a doctor who visits homes!
This person is not in the USA for sure!
It sounds like their are basically only two choices . Which bus?
If I am reading it right, he follows the same route visiting patients no matter which bus he takes.