Question

Helena has five different flowers. She plans to give one flower to each of her five teachers in any order. She gives the first flower to one of her teachers in the morning.

In how many different ways can she give the four remaining flowers to the rest of the teachers in the afternoon?

1 combination
4 combinations
21 combinations
24 combinations

Answer 1

24 combinations.

After the morning gift, there are 4 different flowers and 4 remaining teachers, so the number of ways to give them out is 4! = 4×3×2×1 = 24.