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Bill is renting DVDs from the video store. He must choose three DVDs from a list of eight new releases and then decide in what order to watch them. How many different schedules of DVDs can he create, if he cannot watch the same movie more than once?

(A) 24
(B) 56
(C) 72
(D) 336
(E) 512

Because the order in which Bill watches the DVDs is important, we use permutations. The number of ways to select and watch 3 DVD’s is 8P3 = 8!/(8 - 3)! = 8!/5! = 8 x 7 x 6 = 336.

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The key word in this question is order. For this type of question, use Permutation.

A helpful hint I use when doing this type of problem is to think of the made up word "POM". I think of it as an acronym I made up to remind me to use Permutation when order matters:
POM = Permutation when Order Matters.

8P3 = 8!/(8-3)! = 8!/5! = 336

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8P3 (number of ways of selecting 3 DVDs) * 3! (No. of ways of arrangin this) = 336
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Bill is renting DVDs from the video store. He must choose three DVDs from a list of eight new releases and then decide in what order to watch them. How many different schedules of DVDs can he create, if he cannot watch the same movie more than once?

(A) 24
(B) 56
(C) 72
(D) 336
(E) 512
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