SOLUTION: there are 10 toys available for purchase and they are all different. How many distinguisable ways are there for Diane to buy 3 toys if she is sending them to 3 different nephews li

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Question 1079007: there are 10 toys available for purchase and they are all different. How many distinguisable ways are there for Diane to buy 3 toys if she is sending them to 3 different nephews living in 3 different households?
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 10 choose 3 different ways of choosing 3 toys out of 10 for Diane. 10 choose 3=120. 3 different nephews means 120 x 3 x 2 x 1, or 720 different ways of choosing and distributing the toys. ☺☺☺☺
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