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In how many ways can the numbers 1 through 5 be entered once each into the five boxes below so that all the given inequalities are true?

 

\(\boxed{\phantom{X}}>\boxed{\phantom{X}}>\boxed{\phantom{X}}<\boxed{\phantom{X}}<\boxed{\phantom{X}}\)

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The number of ways is 44.

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In how many ways can the numbers 1 through 5 be entered once each into the five boxes below so that all the given inequalities are true? 

 

–––  >  –––  >  –––  <  –––  <  –––   

 

Firset, consider the middle box.  

 

It can be only a 1, because that's the only number in the list that there are four others larger than it. 

 

So, for the middle box, there can be only a 1.  After that, the rest is easy. 

 

                                 5 > 4 > 1 < 2 < 3   

                                 5 > 3 > 1 < 2 < 4   

                                 3 > 2 > 1 < 4 < 5   

                                 4 > 2 > 1 < 3 < 5   

 

These are FOUR ways to do it.  Maybe you can think of some others that I missed.  But there aren't 44, that's for sure.  

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