SOLUTION: a professor has five different tasks to assign, one to each of her five assistants. In how many different ways could she make the assignments

SOLUTION: a professor has five different tasks to assign, one to each of her five assistants. In how many different ways could she make the assignments

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Question 911099: a professor has five different tasks to assign, one to each of her five assistants. In how many different ways could she make the assignments
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120 ways to order the assignments.
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