0 votes 0 votes . In how many ways can a dozen books be placed on four distinguishable shelves if no two books are the same, and the positions of the books on the shelves matter? Combinatory kenneth-rosen discrete-mathematics combinatory + – Dexter asked Oct 16, 2016 • edited Mar 6, 2019 by Pooja Khatri Dexter 719 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply mcjoshi commented Oct 16, 2016 reply Follow Share http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1246694/how-many-ways-can-n-books-be-placed-on-k-distinguishable-shelves-if-no-2-books-a 2 votes 2 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.