SOLUTION: There are 6 players in a team for photography they were told to stand in 1 straight line how many different combinations can they make

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Question 1100296: There are 6 players in a team for photography they were told to stand in 1 straight line how many different combinations can they make
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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6! = 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720  PERMUTATIONS.


PERMUTATIONS !   Not combinations !!


The term  "combinations"  has different meaning in Combinatorics.


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On Combinations and Permutations see the lessons
    - Introduction to Permutations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations
    - Problems on Permutations
    - Introduction to Combinations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Combinations
    - Problems on Combinations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
in this site.

Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic  "Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations".


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