SOLUTION: A machine shop has eight screw machines but only three spaces available in the production area for the machine. In how many different ways can the eight machines be arranged in the
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Question 1183837: A machine shop has eight screw machines but only three spaces available in the production area for the machine. In how many different ways can the eight machines be arranged in the three spaces available?
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the question asks in how many ways three of the eight machines can be ARRANGED in the three spaces, we should be able to assume that order matters, so this is a permutation.
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