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The AL East baseball division has 5 teams. How many different ways can they finish 1st through 5th?

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120

Explanation:

Any of the 5 teams can finish first. For each of those, any of the 4 remaining teams can finish 2nd. For any of those 5·4 = 20 permutations, any of the 3 remaining teams can finish 3rd. The counting continues in like fashion, so the total number of possible finish sequences is ...

5·4·3·2·1 = 5! = 120 . . . . ways they can finish

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