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A pollster wants to minimize the effect the order of the questions has on a person's response to a survey. How many different surveys are required to cover all possible arrangements if there are 5 questions on the survey?
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\n" ); document.write( "ways to pick the 1st question: 5
\n" ); document.write( "ways to pick the 2nd question: 4
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\n" ); document.write( "Total number of arrangements = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120
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