SOLUTION: A business woman has a choice has 5 areas in which to locate her business. She rates each location according to certain criteria. How many different ways can she rank the 5 locat

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Question 1202297: A business woman has a choice has 5 areas in which to locate
her business. She rates each location according to certain criteria.
How many different ways can she rank the 5 location
Answer by math_tutor2020(3816) About Me  (Show Source):
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She has 5 choices for 1st place, then 4 for 2nd, and so on until counting down to 1.

5*4*3*2*1 = 120 ways to rank the locations.

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