document.write( "Question 391397: How many oders can eight actors be listed in the opening credit of a movie if the leading actor must be listed first or last? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Take the set of seven actors that excludes the leading actor. There are 7 times 6 times 5 times 4 times 3 times 2 times 1 = 7! ways to arrange those seven actors. Then there are two possibilities for each of those ways, namely the leading actor comes first or the leading actor comes last.\r
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