Question

In how many ways can 8 people line up for play tickets?A. 8B. 40,320C. 5,040D. 823,543

Answer 1

ANSWER:

B. 40,320

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We have that there are 8 options for the first space, 7 for the next, 6 for the next and so on up to 1.

Therefore, we must multiply all the options for each space, just like this:

$8\cdot7\cdot6\cdot5\cdot4\cdot3\cdot2\cdot1=40320$

Which means there are 40320 different ways