Charlie is putting 7 books in a row on his bookshelf. He will put one of the books, Pride and Predjudice, in the first spot. He will put another of the books, Little Women, in the last spot, In how many ways can he put the books on the shelf?

If there are 5 dishes, they can be relished in any order at a time. In permutation, it should be in a particular order. In combination, the order does not matter. Take 3 letters a, b, and c. The possible ways of pairing any two letters are ab, bc, ac, ba…

The fundamental counting principle is a rule that is used to count the total number of possible outcomes in a given situation.