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First book can go in any of 6 places, second in any of the 5 remaining and so on until fifth book has 2 options.
There are therefore 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 ie 720 possible arrangements.
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How many different ways can you choose 5 books from a shelf containing 12 books?
792 different groups of 5 books, in 95,040 different sequences.
How many ways can you arrange 5 books on a shelf order is important?
5 books can be lined up on a shelf in (5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1) = 120 different sequences.
How many different ways can you arrange 5 out of 7 books on a book shelf?
There are only 5 places on the shelf. You have 7 books to choose from. We will ignore the order of the books on the shelf. The first place can be filled from a choice of 7 books, the next place from 6, the next place from 5, the next from 4, and the last of the 5 places from 3 books. So the number of ways of choosing the 5 is found from 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 = 2520
How many different ways can five books be arranged on a shelf?
The number of permutations of five things taken five at a time is five factorial, or 120.
How many ways can 8 books be arranged on a shelf such that books on biology history and programming are never together?
The answer depends on how many books on each subject there are.
How many ways can you put 5 different books on a shelf?
240. 120 ways with the books stacked verticly, and 120 ways with the books stacked horizontaly, or one on top of the other.
How many ways can 7 different books be stacked on a shlef?
The number of ways 7 different books can be stacked on a shelf is the same as the number of permutations of 7 things taken 7 at a time, which is 7 factorial, or 5040.
How many ways can you choose 2 books from 5 on a shelf?
You can wind up with 10 different pairs of books in your hand, which you can choose from a shelf of 5 books in 20 different ways.
How many different ways can you choose 5 books from a shelf containing 12 books?
792 different groups of 5 books, in 95,040 different sequences.
How many different ways can 4 different books be arranges on a shelf?
24 ways
How many different ways can three books be lined up on a shelf?
6 ways
There are Five books on a shelf. How many different ways to arrange the books?
120. You do 5*4*3*2*1=120. you multiply the number that you are given for example how many times can books 3 be arranged on a shelf you multiply 3*2*1=6 that is your answer
How many ways can six different books be arranged on a shelf it one of the books is a novel that must be on an end?
There are 2*5! = 240 ways.
How many ways can you arrange 5 books on a shelf order is important?
5 books can be lined up on a shelf in (5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1) = 120 different sequences.
There are seven books on the floor the number of books on the shelf is two more than three times the number of books on the floor how many books are on the shelf?
There are seven books on the floor. Let x be the number of books on the floor. The number of books on the shelf is 2 + 3x. From the information given, 3x + 2 = number of books on the shelf. Substitute x=7 into 3x + 2 to find the answer. So, there are 23 books on the shelf.
How many ways can seven books be arranged on a shelf if one of the books is an algebra text and it must be in the center?
it depends on the shelf of course
How many different ways can 15 books be arranged vertically side by side on a shelf?
The number of ways that 15 books can be arranged on a shelf is the same as the number of permutations of 15 things taken 15 at a time. This is 15 factorial, or 15!, and is 1,307,674,368,000.
