Answer to Question #151639 in Statistics and Probability for Dustin Stone

Question

Baby Rachel wants to arrange 9 blocks in a row. How many different arrangements can she make?

Answer 1

For the first place, Rachel can put any of the 9 blocks, so we have 9 options. For the second place, there will be 8 blocks left, so 8 options in this case. For the third place there will be 7 options and so on. The number of different arrangements is

$N = 9 \times 8 \times 7 \times 6 \times5 \times4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 = 362\,880$