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The advertising director for a television show has 7 ads to use on the program. If she selects 1 of them for the opening of the show,1 for the middle of the show,and 1 for the ending of the show,how many possible ways can this be accomplished

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Given the question, the following are the solution steps to answer the question.

STEP 1: Decide the formula to use

Since it can be seen from the question that order is important, we use the Permutation approach which is given by the formula:


^nP_r=(n!)/(\left(n-r\right)!)

STEP 2: Find the number of possible ways


\begin{gathered} n=7,r=1\left(opening\right)+1\left(middle\right)+1\left(ending\right)=3 \\ we\text{ have;} \\ ^7P_3=(7!)/(\left(7-3\right)!)=(7!)/(4!)=(7*6*5*4!)/(4!)=7*6*5=210 \end{gathered}

Hence, there are 210 possible ways

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