Three students have to give a speech in class today in how many different orders can they give their speeches
To determine the number of different orders in which three students can give their speeches, we can use the concept of permutations.
Permutations calculate the number of ways an ordered set of elements can be arranged. In this case, we have three students.
The formula to calculate the number of permutations is:
nPr = n! / (n - r)!
Where:
n is the total number of objects in the set (students).
r is the number of objects we want to arrange (speech orders).
! denotes factorial, where n! is the product of all positive integers up to n.
Let's plug in the values and calculate:
n! = 3! = 3 * 2 * 1 = 6
(n - r)! = (3 - 3)! = 0! = 1
nPr = 6 / (6 - 3)!
= 6 / 3!
= 6 / (3 * 2 * 1)
= 6 / 6
= 1
Therefore, the three students can give their speeches in only one different order.
To find the number of different orders in which three students can give their speeches, we can use the concept of permutations.
Permutations refer to the different ways in which objects can be arranged in a specific order.
In this case, we have three students, and we need to find the number of permutations.
The formula to calculate the number of permutations is:
n! / (n - r)!
Where n is the total number of items and r is the number of items we want to arrange.
In this case, n = 3 (total number of students) and r = 3 (all three students giving speeches).
Let's substitute the values into the formula:
3! / (3 - 3)!
Since we have 3 students and we want all three of them to give speeches, we have:
3! / 0!
Now, let's evaluate each part:
3! = 3 x 2 x 1 = 6
0! = 1 (by convention, 0! is defined as 1)
So, the calculation becomes:
6 / 1 = 6
Therefore, there are 6 different orders in which the three students can give their speeches.
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