SOLUTION: Every day of your extended ski vacation, your family of 7 gets in line at the cafeteria, but in a different order. On the last day, however, you can't help repeating a previous ord

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Question 1113694: Every day of your extended ski vacation, your family of 7 gets in line at the cafeteria, but in a different order. On the last day, however, you can't help repeating a previous order. How many days did your vacation last?

Answer by ikleyn(52777) About Me  (Show Source):
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HINT.  The number of permutations of 7 items is 7! = 1*2*3*4*5*6*7 = 5040.

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On Permutations,  see the lessons
    - Introduction to Permutations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations
    - Problems on Permutations
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations
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    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

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