Read, understand and solve each problem. Show your process. 1. The new principal of Dingle NHS asked Mr. Regy Paul Villazana to arrange 8 figurines in his office. In how many ways can he do it? 2. Mr Ray Dairo has 8 gel pens, he wanted to give it to his 5 well performing students as their reward, In how many ways can this be done? 3. Determine the number of distinguishable arrangements in the word MISSISSIPPI.
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For the first question, Mr. Regy Paul Villazana needs to arrange 8 figurines in his office. Since the order matters, we can use the concept of permutations. The number of ways to arrange the figurines is given by 8 factorial (8!). Therefore, there are 8! = 40320 Show more…
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