SOLUTION: The kindness of you help with my over 200 to do, and confusion with some of them is greatly appreciated. Solve any way but must show work. You take 4 books out of the local

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Question 34934: The kindness of you help with my over 200 to do, and confusion with some of them is greatly appreciated.
Solve any way but must show work.
You take 4 books out of the local library to read during spring vacation. In how many different orders can you read the books?
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, Prithwis:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source):
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the choices for the first book are 4 the second 3 the next 2 and the last 1 thus the total choices is 4*3*2*1 or 24 different orders.

Answer by Prithwis(166) (Show Source):
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The answer would be 4! (4 factorial) = 24;
Your first book could be any one of 4; the second - any one from 3; the next would be 2 and finally the last book;
Number of ways = 4*3*2*1 or 24 different orders
The answer is 24 different orders