document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=949682>Question 949682</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A book club offers a choice of 3 books from a list of 30. How many different selections of 3 different books each can be made from this list?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I TRIED 30*29*28= 24360 THEN DIVIDED THAT BY 3 AND GOT 8120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BUT IT WAS STILL WRONG.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The 1st choice is 1 of 30, then 29, then 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 30*29*28 = 24360<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choosing A, B & C is the same as A, C & B or C, B & A, etc.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 6 possible arrangements for 3 books, 3*2*1 = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24360/6 = 4060 possibilities<BR>\n" );
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