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Hello can you please explain step by step how to work this out. It’s my first time doing it.

Hello can you please explain step by step how to work this out. It’s my first time-example-1
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We have a total set of 15 people, we need to arrange them in 4 spots, where each individual must be unique. Therefore we have:


\text{ Combinations}=15\cdot14\cdot13\cdot12=32760

There are 32760 possible solutions.

We then need to choose 12 appetizers from a set of 16 appetizers, where each individual appetizer must be unique, so we have:


\text{Combinations}=(16!)/((16-12)!)=(16!)/(4!)=871782912000

There are 871782912000 possible solutions.

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