SOLUTION: can you help me solve this please A resort has 9 empty rooms and 7 travelers who want rooms. In how many ways can the manager assign a room to each traveler given that no two tr

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Question 989393: can you help me solve this please
A resort has 9 empty rooms and 7 travelers who want rooms. In how many ways can the manager assign a room to each traveler given that no two travelers can share a room?
I tried 9!/7!, I tried just 9! and just 7!, and I tried just doing 9 times 7 but everything comes back incorrect.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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You need to determine the number of ways to choose 9 things taken 7 at at time.



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Your was close, just off by a factor of 2.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it