document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70123>Question 70123</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Permutations are just an application of fundamental counting principle.  Combinations are just a application of Permutations and the counting principle.  So would you say that Combinations are also just an application of the counting principle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8C3 = [8*7*6]/[3*2*1]=(8/3)(7/2)(6/1) = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It looks like a counting principal application but <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would have a hard time putting those fractions into words<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that describe the number of ways to select a group of three from<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a group of eight<BR>\n" );
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