The top 4 students have made it to the final round of judging in the school science fair competition. In how many different orders can the judges rank their posters?____ orders
Q. The top 4 students have made it to the final round of judging in the school science fair competition. In how many different orders can the judges rank their posters?____ orders
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to determine the number of different ways to rank the top 4 students. This is a permutation problem because the order of ranking matters.
Apply the formula: Apply the formula for permutations.The number of ways to arrange n items is n! (n factorial), which is the product of all positive integers up to n.Since we have 4 students, we need to find the value of 4!.
Calculate the value: Calculate the value of 4!. 4!=4×3×2×1=24
Conclude the solution: Conclude the solution.There are 24 different orders in which the judges can rank the top 4 students' posters.