document.write( "Question 982873: in how many ways can three different flower pots be lined up on a windowsill if we are choosing from 9 different plants? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Instead of doing your problem for you, I'm changing the number of flower pots.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "in how many ways can FOUR different flower pots be lined up on a windowsill if
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document.write( "We can choose the flower pot on the far left 10 ways.\r\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 9 flower pots to choose for the one next to it.\r\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 8 flower pots to choose for the one next to it.\r\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 7 ways to choose the flower pot on the far right.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer for this problem: 10*9*8*7 = 10P4 = 5040 ways to arrange 4\r\n" );
document.write( "of the 10 flower pots left to right on a windowsill.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now do yours the same way.\r\n" );
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