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A rectangular table is given, in each cell of which a real number is written, and in each row of the table the numbers are arranged in ascending order. Prove that if you arrange the numbers in each column of the table in ascending order, then in the rows of the resulting table, the numbers will still be in ascending order.

There are 17 carriages in a passenger train. How many ways can you arrange 17 conductors around the carriages if one conductor has to be in each carriage?

The number of permutations of a set of \(n\) elements is denoted by \(P_n\).

Prove the equality \(P_n = n!\).

How many ways can you choose four people for four different positions, if there are nine candidates for these positions?

How many six-digit numbers exist, for which each succeeding number is smaller than the previous one?

Why are the equalities \(11^2 = 121\) and \(11^3 = 1331\) similar to the lines of Pascal’s triangle? What is \(11^4\) equal to?