SOLUTION: How many ordered lists are there of five items chosen from nine?

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Question 1147553: How many ordered lists are there of five items chosen from nine?
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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
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9 choices for the first item in the list; and
8 choices for the second item in the list; and
7 choices for the third item in the list; etc.

ANSWER: 9*8*7*6*5 = 15120

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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This problem is "on permutations".

On Permutations, see introductory lessons
    - Introduction to Permutations
    - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations
    - Problems on Permutations

    - 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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