Question

At a swim meet, 8 different swimmers compete in the 800- meter freestyle race. How many different ways are there for these swimmers to finish

Answer 1

Using the arrangements formula, it is found that there are 40,320 ways for these swimmers to finish.

What is the arrangements formula?

The number of possible arrangements of n elements is given by the factorial of n, that is:

$A_n = n!$

In this problem, there are n = 8 swimmers, hence they can finish arranged in 8! ways, that is:

$A_8 = 8! = 40320$

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