SOLUTION: How many different batting orders are possible for the 9 men on a baseball team?

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Question 73755: How many different batting orders are possible for the 9 men on a baseball team?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the permutation 9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1. Since there are 9 possible players for the first position, 8 for the 2nd (1 is taken off), 7 for the 3rd, etc. So you would multiply these numbers together. So there are 362,880 different possible batting orders.