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A softball manager has 10 players of the same ability. How many 9 player starting lineups can he create?A. 3,628,800B. 362,880C. 19,958,400D. 10

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The 10 players can be chosen for each place on the lineups, so:

- For the first place he can choose between 10 players (and choose 1)

-for the second place he can choose between 9 players (because 1 is in the 1st place)

- for the 3rd place he can choose between 8 players and this repeat

-4th place - 7 players

-5th place - 6 players

- 6th place - 5 players

and the same for the other 3 places

now to get the amount of possibles lineups we need to multiply the options to be chosen on each place, so:

10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2= 3628800

So the answer is:

Option A. 3,628,800

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