document.write( "Question 880246: A security system uses a 6-letter password, but no letter can be used more than once. How many possible passwords are there if 18 of the letters of the alphabet can be used by the system? I am using the formula: Permutation w/ N= 18 and r = 6. Is that correct? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "no letter can be used more than once...(order Important)...does
\n" ); document.write( "fit the picture of 18P6 = 18!/12! = $\"18%2A17%2A16%2A15%2A14%2A13\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Common sense approach is 18 choices for 1st letter AND 17 choices for the 2nd letter etc
\n" ); document.write( " $\"18%2A17%2A16%2A15%2A14%2A13\"$
\n" ); document.write( "As one embarks into the topic of statistics...albeit, it is not necessary to
\n" ); document.write( "\"re-invent the wheel\" so to speak and Yes, there are procedures and formulas
\n" ); document.write( "that 'work' in most cases...best sometimes to look at 'why they may work'
\n" ); document.write( "for a particular scenario, as in this example... As some situations do not
\n" ); document.write( "lend themselves to a particular robotic way of looking at things. \n" ); document.write( "

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