Explain why every permutation in S(n) can be represented by a product of n-1 or fewer...

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Explain why every permutation in S(n) can be represented by aproduct of n-1 or fewer cycles of length 2 (transpositions).Represent the permutation? in problem (1) above as a product of 8or fewer transpositions. Is ? an even or an odd permuation?

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