Question

A candidate for mayor plans to campaign at 5 shopping malls before the election. In how many different ways can the candidate schedule the visits? Enter your answer as a whole number, such as 42.

Answer 1

120 different ways

Explanation:

For the first shopping mall being visited, the candidate has 5 options

Then, for the second mall being visited, there is only 4 options, as one mall was already visited.

Following this logic, there is 3 options for the third mall, 2 options for the fourth mall and 1 option for the last mall.

So the total number of ways that the visits can be scheduled is the product of all these options:

5*4*3*2*1 = 120 different ways