document.write( "Question 47152: I hope I got this right..can you tell me, please?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "4, 48, 4! or 4.4.4.4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I chose 48, because 4 x 4 = 16 and 16 x 3 = 48\r
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The answer here should be 4!, which is, in English, either 4 factorial or 4 shriek, which is 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The logic behind the answer is as the following.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We are trying to create 4-letter words with 4 different letters, M, A, T and H. Consequently, there are 4 possible letters this 4-letter word can start with. Next, we consider the second letter, since one letter has been taken, there remains only three possibilities. Similarly, only 2 letters remain to choose the third letter, and there is no choice for the fourth letter. So multiplying 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 gives 4!. \n" ); document.write( "

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