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OpenStudy (anonymous):

can anyone explain me the permutation and combinations..?.. please.. tnx....

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

do you have a specific problem to start with ? :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how many 5 digit number can be formed without repeating any digit from the following digits: 1,2,3,4,5 and 6

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats an interesting example, lets start by considering a much simpler problem : how many 2 digit number can be formed without repeating any digit from the following digits: 1,2,3,4,5 and 6

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

how many choices are there for first digit ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5 1 guess

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

okie, what are the choices ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

23456

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

may i knw why u dropped the digit "1" ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

actually the first digit can be any one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} so the first digit has a total of `6` choices

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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