Thursday, March 6, 2014

No.25

Permutation: order matters. Example, 12 candidates running for one president, one vice president and one secretary. There are 12*11*10 ways. Because it asks specific orders.
Combination: order does not matter. Example, 12 candidates running for three positions. How many ways? In this case, since order does not matter, use combination. 12C3.

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