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HMMT 2020 U8

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Tessa picks three real numbers x,y,zx, y, z and computes the values of the eight expressions of the form ±x±y±z\pm x \pm y \pm z. She notices that the eight values are all distinct, so she writes the expressions down in increasing order. For example, if x=2,y=3,z=4x=2, y=3, z=4, then the order she writes them down is

−x−y−z,+x−y−z,−x+y−z,−x−y+z,+x+y−z,+x−y+z,−x+y+z,+x+y+z-x-y-z,+x-y-z,-x+y-z,-x-y+z,+x+y-z,+x-y+z,-x+y+z,+x+y+z

How many possible orders are there?

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

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