A professor has eight different tasks to assign, one to each of her eight teaching assistants. In how

many different ways could she make the assignments?

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Payten Goodwin

18 April, 15:46

A professor has eight different tasks to assign, one to each of her eight teaching assistants. In how

many different ways could she make the assignments?

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Ethan Long · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

There are 8 different people we could assign to the first task. Now there are 7 tasks and 7 people left. There are 7 different people we could assign to the next task. And so on

8 * 7*6*5*4*3*2*1

8!

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A professor has eight different tasks to assign, one to each of her eight teaching assistants. In howmany different ways could she make the assignments?

A professor has eight different tasks to assign, one to each of her eight teaching assistants. In how

many different ways could she make the assignments?