Question 1200348
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In my opinion, the poor wording of the problem allows different interpretations; but they lead to the same answer.<br>
Probably the intended interpretation is as shown in the response from the other tutor: 1 of the seven prizes is given to the first person, then 1 of the remaining 6 is given to the second person, and so on until 1 of the remaining 3 prizes is given to the fifth person.  The answer is then 7*6*5*4*3 = 2520.<br>
But another possible interpretation is that 5 of the 7 prizes are selected, AFTER WHICH they are given to 5 people.  The number of ways of choosing 5 of the 7 prizes is C(7,5) = 21; then the number of ways to distribute them to the 5 people is 5*4*3*2*1 = 120. And so the answer using this interpretation is 21*120 = 2520.<br>
Either way....<br>
ANSWER: 2520<br>