Shari, Sharon, Sam, Sarah, and Sally are sitting in a row of five desks. In how many different orders can they sit in the row?

How many ways are there to arrange 5 items? 5!

This is just a wild guess but I am going to make it anyway. I say there are 75 different way that they can be seated at the five different desk.

No, I just gave you the solution, it's 5!

5! = 5(4)(3)(2)(1)

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Originally Posted by galactus

No, I just gave you the solution, it's 5!

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You didn't give a solution you gave an answer and I hope you will forgive me if I dispute your answer.

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Originally Posted by letmetellu

You didn't give a solution you gave an answer and I hope you will forgive me if I dispute your answer.

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Explain to me where I am wrong. The number of ways to arrange 5 items is 5*4*3*2*1=5!=120 ways. That is the solution. May I ask what you think it is?

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Originally Posted by galactus

Explain to me where I am wrong. The number of ways to arrange 5 items is 5*4*3*2*1=5!=120 ways. That is the solution. May I ask what you think it is?.

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I posted earlier that I thought it was 75 different positions.

I'm sorry, I seen it.. How do you arrive at that?