How do you calculate permutations using the formula?

Yahir Crane

Yahir Crane

Answered question

2022-06-19

How do you calculate permutations using the formula?

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svirajueh

svirajueh

Beginner2022-06-20Added 29 answers

Step 1
Permutations are the way to take n things from r possibilities. There is no uniqueness required of the arrangements either.
The formula is n ! ( n - r ) ! where n is the number of items and r is the number of arrangements.
The ! symbol is for factorials, which is denoted below:
n ! = n ( n - 1 ) ( n - 2 ) 2 1
Step 2
So let us say we wanted 5 permutations of 3. We have:
5 ! ( 5 - 3 ) !
Which simplifies to 5 ! 2 ! .
Which is 5 4 3 2 ! 2 ! .
This becomes 5 4 3 = 60 .

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