SOLUTION: How many different ways of order can four objects be lined up?

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Question 391110: How many different ways of order can four objects be lined up?
Found 3 solutions by solver91311, jim_thompson5910, rfer:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Presuming they are 4 distinctly different objects, then there are 4 ways to pick the first object. For each of those 4 ways to pick the first object there are 3 ways to pick the second object, making a total of 12 ways to pick the first two objects, and so on times 2 then times 1.

Shorthand is 4! = 4 X 3 X 2 X 1

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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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They can be lined up 4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24 different ways.


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Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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24
6 each by keeping the first term first
then second term first 6 times
and so on