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FACTORIAL NOTATION

Examples
5! =FACT(5) 120
4! =FACT(4) 24
3! =FACT(3) 6
2! =FACT(2) 2
1! =FACT(1) 1

PRACTICE EXERCISES
1. There are 7 applicants for a job, in how many ways can they be arranged in a single line?
2. A company has 13 employees. Assuming that there are no absences, how many possible waysequences can the
3. A store has 11 brands of clothes, in how many ways can these brands be arranged in a row?
4. You have 6 different documents on hand, how many ways can you arrange these documents?
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ossible waysequences can these employees log-in?

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ed the activity correctly
PERMUTATION

Examples
5P3 =PERMUT(5,3) 60
10P4 =PERMUT(10,4) 5040
10P9 =PERMUT(10,9) 3628800

PRACTICE EXERCISES
1. There are 7 applicants for a job, in how many ways can you select 2 applicants to occupy the manager and assista
2. A company has 25 rank and file employees. They are planning to have an organization. In how many ways can t
3. A store has 11 brands of clothes displayed. With respect to order,how many ways can a customer pile the 3 diffe
4. You have 6 different documents on hand, how many ways can you arrange the two different documents that you
cupy the manager and assistant managerpositions?
on. In how many ways can they elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer?
n a customer pile the 3 different branded clothings that she will buy?
different documents that you will pick?
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COMBINATION

Examples
5C3 =COMBIN(5,3) 10
10C4 =COMBIN(10,4) 210
10C9 =COMBIN(10,9) 10

PRACTICE EXERCISES
1. There are 7 applicants for a job, in how many ways can you select 2 applicants to occupy the vacant positions?
2. A company has 25 rank and file employees. In how many ways can a manager select 3 employees for promotion
3. A store has 11 brands of clothes displayed. How many ways can a customer buy 3 different branded clothings?
4. You have 6 different documents on hand, how many ways can you group two documents from this file?
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y the vacant positions?
employees for promotion?
ent branded clothings?
ts from this file?

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FACTORIAL NOTATION
1 WRONG
2 WRONG
3 WRONG
4 WRONG

PERMUTATIONS
1 WRONG
2 WRONG
3 WRONG
4 WRONG

COMBINATION
1 WRONG
2 WRONG
3 WRONG
4 WRONG

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