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# Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop

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Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?
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Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

In order to travel exactly nine blocks Casey should go 5 block down and 4 block left - DDDDDLLLL.

# of permutations of 9 letters DDDDDLLLL out of which there are 5 identical D's and 4 identical L's is $$\frac{9!}{5!4!}$$.

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Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

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9!/(4!*5!) or (9*8*7*6*5)/(4*3*2*1)
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9!/(4!*5!) or (9*8*7*6*5)/(4*3*2*1)

Namely 9C4 as also pointed out correctly by Quant Expert Bunuel

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