7. A clerk at a bookstore is restocking a shelf of best-selling novels. He has five copies each of three different novels.

a) How many different ways can he arrange the books on the shelf?

b) How many different ways can these books be arranged on the shelf if the copies of the same novel must be grouped together?

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Answer:

He can sort the books by alphabetical order.

I would estimate around 5

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of the different ways that the books can be arranged will be 126126 and 6.

What are permutation and combination?

A permutation is an act of arranging items or elements in the correct order. Combinations are a way of selecting items or pieces from a group of objects or sets when the order of the components is immaterial.

A clerk at a bookstore is restocking a shelf of best-selling novels. He has five copies each of three different novels.

Then the number of the different ways by which he can arrange the books on the shelf will be

⇒ 15! / (5! x 5! x 5! x 3!)

⇒ 126,126

Then the number of the different ways can these books be arranged on the shelf if the copies of the same novel must be grouped together will be

⇒ 3!

⇒ 6

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