The cheerleading squad is holding a car wash to raise money. Already, 5 parents have promised to come have their cars washed. In how many different orders can their cars show up?
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There is only one order since the cars are already promised and cannot be rearranged. Therefore, the answer is 1.
To find the number of different orders in which the 5 parents' cars can show up, we can use the concept of factorial. The factorial of a number is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to that number.
In this case, we have 5 parents, so the number of different orders can be calculated as 5 factorial (5!).
5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120
Therefore, there are 120 different orders in which the 5 parents' cars can show up.