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How many ways can 10 people be seated on a bench if 4 seats are available

User Joann
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Answer:only 4 people can sit

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User Dagvl
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Answer:

5040 ways

Explanation:

The order is important.

For example, if John, Rose, Elisa and Josh are seated, this is a different way than Rose, John, Elisa and Josh. So we use the permutations formula to solve this problem.

Permutations formula:

The number of possible permutations of x elements from a set of n elements is given by the following formula:


P_((n,x)) = (n!)/((n-x)!))

In this problem, we have that:

Permutation of 4 people(seated) from a group of 10. So


P_((10,4)) = (10!)/((10-4)!)) = 5040

5040 ways

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