document.write( "Question 1123583: How many ways are there for a company to assign three different jobs to three of its five employees? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Job #1 can be assigned to any of 5 employees - so there are 5 options.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Job #2 can be assigned to any of 4 remaining employees - so there are 4 independent options.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Job #3 can be assigned to any of 3 remaining employees - so there are 3 independent options.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In all, there are  5*4*3 = 60 ways to do what the problem asks to do.\r\n" );
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