I have found a great practice site for NJ ask online. Only problem, there are no answers! I am confused on this one... I think the answer might be 25 (5*5=25) But I'm not sure. Please explain. :) thx!
Ashley’s basketball coach uses the same five players to start each game. Show how many ways Ashley’s coach can arrange the starting lineup, using the counting principle.
Ashley’s basketball coach uses the same five players to start each game. Show how many ways Ashley’s coach can arrange the starting lineup, using the counting principle.
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This is a statistics question:
You would use 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
So there is 120 ways
This basically means that
Player 1 could be arranged in 5 spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
Player 2 could be arranged in 4 spots
Player 3 could be arranged in 3 spots
Player 4 could be arranged in 2 spots
Player 5 could be arranged in 1 spot
The principle behind this that as you move player 1, then the other players are in different spots as well and we only want to count a players spot ONCE.
You would use 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
So there is 120 ways
This basically means that
Player 1 could be arranged in 5 spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
Player 2 could be arranged in 4 spots
Player 3 could be arranged in 3 spots
Player 4 could be arranged in 2 spots
Player 5 could be arranged in 1 spot
The principle behind this that as you move player 1, then the other players are in different spots as well and we only want to count a players spot ONCE.