In how many ways can 5 children stand in a queue?

To find: number of arrangements of 5 children in a queue.


Here, 5 places are needed to be occupied by 5 children.


Therefore any one of the 5 children can occupy first place.


Similarly, any 4 children can occupy second place and so on.


Lastly, there will be a single person to occupy the 5 position


Formula:


Number of permutations of n distinct objects among r different places, where repetition is not allowed, is


P(n,r) = n!/(n-r)!


Therefore, permutation of 5 different objects in 5 places is


P(5,5) =


= = = 120.


Hence, this can be done in 120 ways.


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