Question

A baseball team has 9 players. how many different batting orders are there?

a. 6,561
c. 244,643
b. 362,880
d. 64,446
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
A
B
С
D


Answer 1

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Answer:

b. 362,880

Explanation:

There are 9 ways to choose the first batter, 8 ways to choose the second, and so on. There are a total of 9·8·7·6·...·2·1 = 9! = 362,880 ways to arrange the batting order.