SOLUTION: A Baseball coach is determining the battling order for his team and he does not want the pitcher to be one of the first four batters. how many battling orders are possible?
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Question 956721: A Baseball coach is determining the battling order for his team and he does not want the pitcher to be one of the first four batters. how many battling orders are possible?
Their are nine players
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A Baseball coach is determining the battling order for his team and he does not want the pitcher to be one of the first four batters. how many battling orders are possible?
Their are nine players
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1st batter:: 8 ways
2nd batter:: 8 ways
3rd:: 7
4th:: 6
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last:: 1
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Ans: 8*8! = 322,560
Cheers,
Stan H.
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