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Mack plans to meet his 4 friends. How many different ways can he make his visit if he visits each friends once?

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Answer:

24

Explanation:

Mack can choose any of the 4 for the first visit, any of the remaining 3 for the second visit, either of the remaining 2 for the third visit, then visit the last one. There are 4·3·2·1 = 24 ways Mack can do this.

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The number 4·3·2·1 is "four factorial", written as 4! (with an exclamation point). It is the number of ways 4 objects can be ordered, called the number of permutations of 4 objects.

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