10. In an attempt to clean up your room, you have purchased a new floating shelf to put some of your 17 books you have stacked in a corner. These books are all by different authors. The new book shelf is large enough to hold 10 of the books. Warning: before answering the next two questions, ask yourself which answer should be larger. (a) How many ways can you select and arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf? Notice that here we will allow the books to end up in any order. Explain. (b) How many ways can you arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf if you insist they must be arranged alphabetically by author? Explain.

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10. In an attempt to clean up your room, you have purchased a new floating shelf to put some of your 17
books you have stacked in a corner. These books are all by different authors. The new book shelf is large
enough to hold 10 of the books. Warning: before answering the next two questions, ask yourself which
answer should be larger.
(a) How many ways can you select and arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf? Notice that here we
will allow the books to end up in any order. Explain.
(b) How many ways can you arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf if you insist they must be
arranged alphabetically by author? Explain.
Transcribed Image Text:10. In an attempt to clean up your room, you have purchased a new floating shelf to put some of your 17 books you have stacked in a corner. These books are all by different authors. The new book shelf is large enough to hold 10 of the books. Warning: before answering the next two questions, ask yourself which answer should be larger. (a) How many ways can you select and arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf? Notice that here we will allow the books to end up in any order. Explain. (b) How many ways can you arrange 10 of the 17 books on the shelf if you insist they must be arranged alphabetically by author? Explain.
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