Editorial for Presenters
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Approach
A presenting sequence is an ordered selection of k distinct people out of n. That is the falling factorial (a permutation)
P(n,k)=n!/(n−k)!
when 0≤k≤n. If k>n there are not enough people, so the answer is 0.
This is not a combination (kn): swapping two chosen people produces a different speaking order, so two sequences that use the same set of people still count separately.
The empty product (k=0) is 1, including the case n=k=0.
Precompute factorials and inverse factorials modulo 109+7 up to 106, then answer in constant time as n!⋅(n−k)!−1. Time is O(106) for the precomputation.
Solution (Python)
MOD = 10**9 + 7
MAXN = 10**6 + 5
fact = [1] * MAXN
for i in range(1, MAXN):
fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i % MOD
invfact = [1] * MAXN
invfact[MAXN - 1] = pow(fact[MAXN - 1], MOD - 2, MOD)
for i in range(MAXN - 2, -1, -1):
invfact[i] = invfact[i + 1] * (i + 1) % MOD
n, k = map(int, input().split())
if k > n:
print(0)
else:
print(fact[n] * invfact[n - k] % MOD)
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