SOLUTION: How many numbers greater than 5000 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 using each digit only once in each number?

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Question 778845: How many numbers greater than 5000 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 using each digit only once in each number?
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i. forming 4-digit number
thousand- 1
hundred- 4
tens- 3
ones- 2
which is equal to 24 numbers by multiplying all the numbers
ii. forming 5-digit number
ten thousand- 5
thousand- 4
hundred- 3
tens- 2
ones- 1
which is equal to 120 numbers by multiplying
Adding the two products, we can conclude that there are 144 numbers that can be formed using the given condition.