Book 12:  Permutations and Combinations

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Subjects

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Appendix

  • Counting Principle

  • Permutations

  • Combinations

  • Messy Beginning

  • A Screw Loose

  • A Fool and His Money

 

Video Highlights

Daily life offers an endless array of choices. This book shows you how to calculate a total number of choices available in a given situation, how to determine outcomes when one event depends upon another, and how to determine the number of choices when the order of events is not important. Examples are drawn from the political arena, recreational gaming, and everyday life.

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

  • Fundamental Principle of Counting

  • Area Codes

  • The Genetic Code

  • Permutations

  • n! (n-factorial)

  • Permutation Notation

  • Combinations

  • General Formula

  • Full House

  • Megabucks

  • Here Are Your Winning Numbers

 

Summary/Terminology

Independent Events
Fundamental Principle of Counting
Multiplication Principle
Permutation
n!
Permutation Formula
0!
Combinations
General Formula for Combinations
Distinguishing Between Permutations and Combinations