Question

A department store chain is expanding into a new market, and is considering 13 different sites on which to locate 5 stores. Assuming that each site is equally likely to be chosen, in how many ways can the sites for the new stores be selected?

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For store 1, it can be placed on 16 sites. Store 2 can be placed on 15 sites( since store 1 is already on site 1). Store 3 can be placed on 14 sites and so on until store 5 which has 12 sites.

Therefore the number of way is

C= 16*15*14*13*12

c=524,160 possibilities