SOLUTION: As a television executive, you have been given 12 shows to choose from to run during your prime time slots each week. If you have 11 time slots, how many ways can you create the sc

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Question 1048916: As a television executive, you have been given 12 shows to choose from to run during your prime time slots each week. If you have 11 time slots, how many ways can you create the schedule for the week?
Answer by ikleyn(52884) About Me  (Show Source):
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The term "schedule" assumes that the order is important, and the different arrangements mean "different schedules".

Under this assumption, there are

12! = 12*11*10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2

different schedules.