In how many ways can 6 women draw water from 6 wells if no well remains unused?

To find: number of arrangements of 6 women drawing water from 6 wells


Here, 6 wells are needed to be used by 6 women.


Therefore any one of the 6 women can draw water from the 1 well.


Similarly, any 5 women can draw water from the 2nd well and so on.


Lastly, there will be single women left to draw water from the 6th well.


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 6 different objects in 6 places is


P(6,6) =


= = = 720.


Hence, this can be done in 720 ways.


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