Five students are running for Junior class president. They draw straws to see who will go first, second, etc. In how many different orders could they give their speeches?

Explanation:

There are 5 choices for the first selection, 4 choices for the second, etc etc until we reach 1 for the last selection. We have the countdown {5,4,3,2,1}. We'll multiply those values together to get our answer.

5*4*3*2*1 = 120

This operation of starting with some integer, counting down and multiplying along the way, is done so very often that it's given a name which is "factorial". The shorthand notation is to use an exclamation mark. So we'd say 5! = 120

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step-by-step explanation:

use the power rule  

( a b ) n = a n b n

to distribute the exponent.

apply the product rule to  

3 x 2 y 3 . ( 3 x 2 ) 2 ( y 3 ) 2

apply the product rule to  

3 x 2 . 3 2 ( x 2 ) 2 ( y 3 ) 2

raise  

3

to the power of  

2 . 9 ( x 2 ) 2 ( y 3 ) 2 multiply the exponents in   ( x 2 ) 2

.

apply the power rule and multiply exponents,  

( a m ) n = a m n . 9 x 2 ⋅ 2 ( y 3 ) 2

multiply  

2   by   2 . 9 x 4 ( y 3 ) 2

multiply the exponents in  

( y 3 ) 2 .

apply the power rule and multiply exponents,  

( a m ) n = a m n . 9 x 4 y 3

⋅

2

multiply  

3   by   2 . 9 x 4 y 6

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