document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188868>Question 1188868</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Someone owns 6 different mathematics books and 4 different computer science books and wishes to fill 5 positions on a shelf. If the first 2 positions are to be occupied by math books and the last 3 by computer science books, in how many ways can this be done? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Someone owns 6 different mathematics books and 4 different computer science books <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and wishes to fill 5 positions on a shelf. If the first 2 positions are to be occupied <BR>\n" );
document.write( "by math books and the last 3 by computer science books, in how many ways can this be done?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    In  (6*5) * (4*3*2) = 720 different ways.    <U>ANSWER</U>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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