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Question 147635: A store selects four items from a selection of 6 items to arrange in a display. How many different arrangements are possible?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since we are concerned with arrangements we use permutation.
nPr=n!/(n-r)!
=6!/(6-4)!
=6*5*4*3*2!/2!
=360
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Ed