document.write( "Question 1138418: There are 8 swimmers in a race. In how many ways can they finish if there are no dead heats and the swimmer in Lane 2 finished after the swimmer in Lane 5?\r
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document.write( "The number of permutations where #2 goes before #5 is exactly equal to the number of permutations where #2 goes AFTER #5,\r\n" );
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document.write( "so each of these numbers is half of 8!, which is the total number of all permutations of 8 objects.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  3*4*5*6*7*8 =  = 20160 ways.\r\n" );
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