How many different ways can 12 people line up to go to the same bathroom

1 answer:

6 0

There are 12! ways to line 12 people up. That is 12 factorial (the name for the exclamation point
12! means 12 x 11 x 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

Using a scientific calculator to compute 12!, we get 479,001,600 ways to line up 12 people. I know it sounds amazing but here is a chart.

People Ways

3 6
4 24 (Notice that if you multiply 6 x 4 you get 24)
5 120 (Notice that if you muliply 24 x 5 you get 120 etc.)
6 720
7 5040
8 40,320
9 362,880
10 3,628,880
11 39,916,800
12 479,001,600

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