document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1028462>Question 1028462</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In Major League Baseball, there are five teams in the Eastern<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Division of the National League: Atlanta, Florida, New York,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Philadelphia, and Washington. How many different orders of finish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are there for these five teams? How many different orders of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "finish are possible for the first four positions?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #643554 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=643554\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Any of 5 teams can finish first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 4 possibilities for second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 3 for third.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 2 for fourth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And one for last.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the total possibilities are 5*4*3*2*1 = 120 ways they can finish.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The same would be true for the first four positions since there would only be one left for last. </SPAN>\n" );
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