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How many different ways could eight students sit in a semicircle to watch an experiment?

40,320
5,040
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User Mili
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Answer:

factorial for 8 which is 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 and you'll get the number of combinations that is 40,320

40,320 is the correct answer

User Sidgate
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To answer this you need to do the factorial for 8 which is 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 and you'll get the number of combinations that is 40,320 because that's the possible number of combinations.

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