SOLUTION: You have 8 pictures to hang on a wall but you only want to hang 3 of them. How many ways can hang the 3 pictures from the eight? I came up with 56, am I doing this right?

Question 35892: You have 8 pictures to hang on a wall but you only want to hang 3 of them. How many ways can hang the 3 pictures from the eight? I came up with 56, am I doing this right?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 positions.

First position: 8 pictures --> 8 different possibilities
Second position: 7 pictures --> 8*7 different possibilities
third position: 6 pictures --> 8*7*6 different possibilities

--> 336 possible combinations

jon

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