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Nov 21 2013 06:17pm
I have numbers 1-36.
I have to pick 3 numbers of the 36.
How many possibilities are available?

Example.

1-22-36
1-2-3
3-2-1
1-1-1
1-1-2
2-1-1
2-2-1


So on and so forth.
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Nov 21 2013 06:22pm
36*35*34 = 42840

this is assuming order doesn't matter
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Nov 21 2013 06:25pm
Quote (TritonV8 @ Nov 22 2013 12:22am)
36*35*34 = 42840

this is assuming order doesn't matter


Nope this would be every possible order.
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Nov 21 2013 06:27pm
can you re-use your numbers?
E: if so, then it would just be 36^3 = 46656

This post was edited by TritonV8 on Nov 21 2013 06:30pm
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Quote (TritonV8 @ Nov 22 2013 12:27am)
can you re-use your numbers?
E: if so, then it would just be 36^3 = 46656


Yea each number can be reused in a different order. Cant have the same exact order but numbers are reusable.

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