document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1156369>Question 1156369</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose a business owner has a choice of 5locations to establish her business. She decides to rank each location using 2 criteria. How many ways can she rank the 5 cities? What if she wishes to rank only the top three. How many ways can she rank them? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #779329 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=779329\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem, as it is worded, posted and presented, is partly provocation and partly nonsense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will explain it why.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Five locations with 2 criteria I can interpret as 5 points in a coordinate plane with coordinates x any y, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that represent that \"two criteria\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This set of five points is not necessary ordered.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, it is not clear, how these points (locations) can be \"ranged\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 objects can be ordered (permuted) in 5! ways, but it is not ranging with the use of criterion/criteria.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the meaning of this \"problem\" is dark.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, in the form, in which it is presented, it is not a Math problem, at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is collection of words without clear sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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