The yearbook staff must assign five distinct photographs, one photograph per page, to five different pages.
How many different assignments of photographs to pages are possible?
How many different assignments of photographs to pages are possible?
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If I have understood your question, there are 5 ways to assign the photo to the first page, 4 to the second page, 3 to the third page, 2 to the fourth page and that leaves 1 for the last page.
= 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 = 120
= 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 = 120