SOLUTION: help please , Holly wants to choose 5 different decorative tiles out of 8. If she plans to place the 5 tiles in a row, end to end, in how many different ways can she arrange th

Question 987291: help please ,
Holly wants to choose 5 different decorative tiles out of 8. If she plans to place the 5 tiles in a row, end to end, in how many different ways can she arrange them, from left to right?
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Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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We have 8 tiles taken 5 at a time, and order is important:
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n=total number of tiles, x=number chosen at a time

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ANSWER: There are 6720 possible arrangements.
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