difference between permutations and combinations
Asked by namaina2005 | 3rd Dec, 2009, 06:48: PM
Permutations are arrangment of r things out of n, sequentially.
If we take three letters a, b, c, the various arragements of them are abc, acb, bca, bac, cab, cba.
Hence we have 6 permutations.
But in combinations the order doesn't matter as long as it's the same thing.
For example, abc, acb, bca, bac, cab, cba are all the same. And we have only one combination while 6 different permutation.
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Answered by | 3rd Dec, 2009, 07:20: PM
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