A misleading extra factorial
A misleading extra factorial
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A team of five is selected from twelve people, with no captain or other roles. A student writes 125 x 5!. Find the correct number of teams and explain the error.
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Answer:\(792\); multiplying by \(5!\) counts each team repeatedly.
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