You want to arrange 5 of your favorite CDS along a shelf. How many different ways can you arrange the CDS assuming that the order of the CDS makes a difference to you?

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asked Sep 23, 2023 77.0k views

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OJFord · Answer 1 · 2023-09-29T08:33:54+0000

You can arrange them in 120 different ways

The easiest way to do this is using factorials!

We are given 5 CDs

We are able to the factorial of 5

It would look like this 5!

5! = 5x4x3x2x1

This equals 120