SOLUTION: a department store has 22 major departments, only 4 of which can be featured in the next sales flyer. Find the number of ways this can be done if: a) order of appearance in the fl

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Question 529304: a department store has 22 major departments, only 4 of which can be featured in the next sales flyer. Find the number of ways this can be done if:
a) order of appearance in the flyer is not important
b)order of appearance in the flyer is important

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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a department store has 22 major departments, only 4 of which can be featured in the next sales flyer. Find the number of ways this can be done if:
a) order of appearance in the flyer is not important::
# of ways to select 4::: 22C4 = 7315
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b)order of appearance in the flyer is important
select 4 then put them in order:
7315*4! = 175,560
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Cheers,
Stan H.