document.write( "Question 1037128: A teacher has 7 textbooks to arrange on a shelf.
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document.write( "As I understand the condition (and as the condition SHOULD be), there is only one way to arrange the textbooks in the alphabetical order. \r\n" );
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document.write( "All other ways are not the alphabetical order.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of arrangements is 7!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the answer is .\r\n" );
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