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Evaluate the expression. 10p5

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Answer:

The correct answer is

30,240

User Papakias
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So this is permutation.

The number of permutations of n objects taken r at a time is defined as
_nP_r = (n!)/((n-r)!).

Here, you have 10 objects and 5 of them will be taken.

So that would be 10! / (10-5)! = 10! / 5! = 30240

Final answer: 30240

Hope this helps.
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