document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=746985>Question 746985</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine wheter each situation involes a permutation or a combination<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "arrrange of 15 DVD's on a shelf </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In a permutation, order matters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a combination, order does not matter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Being that the problem says \"arranging\", this leads one to assume order matters, hence a permutation. If the problem had read \"Place 15 DVD's on a shelf\", order would not matter, therefore it would have been a combination. </SPAN>\n" );
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