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Four Books, One Each in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics, Are to Be Arranged in a Shelf. in How Many Ways Can this Be Done? - Mathematics

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प्रश्न

Four books, one each in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics, are to be arranged in a shelf. In how many ways can this be done?

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Here, all the four books are to be arranged on a shelf. This means that we have to find the number of arrangements of the books, taken all at a time.
⇒ 4P4
Now, nPn = n!
Similarly, 4P4  = 4! = 24

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अध्याय 16: Permutations - Exercise 16.3 [पृष्ठ २८]

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अध्याय 16 Permutations
Exercise 16.3 | Q 18 | पृष्ठ २८

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