document.write( "Question 892184: Please help me solve this equation
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document.write( "C is for Combination and also for CHOOSE.\r\n" );
document.write( "P is for Permutation and also for PLACE and POSITION.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you just CHOOSe things you don't care what order you choose them in.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "But when you PLACE things in a certain POSITION what order you PLACE or \r\n" );
document.write( "POSITION them in IS important.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We're just Choosing here, and we don't care what order we choose them in.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that's \r\n" );
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document.write( "14 members CHOOSE 3.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "There are several different notations used for that, depending on your book\r\n" );
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document.write( "C(14,3), 14C3, 14C3, and \"%28matrix%282%2C1%2C14%2C3%29%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the one your teacher uses.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here the 5 drivers are PLACED in a certain order.  There is the one in 1st\r\n" );
document.write( "PLACE, 2nd PLACE, third PLACE, 4th PLACE, and 5th PLACE.  So order is important,\r\n" );
document.write( "so we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "22 drivers PLACE 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's either written P(23,5), 23P5, or 23P5. \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "c. how many different 3 topping pizzas can be made from a list of 20 different toppings?
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document.write( "We're just Choosing, not POSITIONING or PLACING, (because we don't care if\r\n" );
document.write( "the mushrooms are above or below the black olives or vice-versa).\r\n" );
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document.write( "20 toppings choose 3 = C(20,3), 20C3, 20C3, or \"%28matrix%282%2C1%2C20%2C3%29%29\" \r\n" );
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