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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "10 ways to pick the first guy in line. For each of those ways, 9 ways to pick the 2nd guy, hence 10 times 9 = 90 ways to pick the first two guys. For each of those 90 ways, 8 ways to pick the third guy, so 720 ways to pick the first three guys. And so on...\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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