A pianist plans to play 4 pieces at a recital from her repertoire of 25 pieces, and is carefully consideringwhich song to play first, second, etc. to create a good flow. How many different recital programs arepossible?

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Given 25 pieces of repertoire, if a pianist plans to play 4 pieces at a recital and is considering playing which song to play first, second, etc, the possible ways is,

[tex]^{25}P_4=\frac{25!}{(25-4)!}=\frac{25!}{21!}=303600\text{ possible recital programs}[/tex]

Hence, the different recital programs possible is 303600