Question

Eight people enter an elevator at the first floor. The elevator discharges passengers on each successive floor until it empties on the fifth floor. Number of different ways this can happen

Answer 1

Answer:

8 people Centre an elevator at the first floor the elevator discharges passenger on each successive floor until it implies on the fifth floor number of different ways This can happen r14

Answer 2

The total number of different ways to discharge passengers on floor is 1680.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

8 people enter an elevator on the first floor.

The elevator discharges passengers on each successive floor.

Hence, the total numbers of the floor, where elevator discharges people are 4.

Now,

$\Rightarrow \mathbb{P}_{4}^{8}\\\\\Rightarrow=8*7*6*5\\\\Number\,of\,ways=1680$