document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=976916>Question 976916</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how many permutations can be gotten from a block size of 30 with 3 groups </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Permutations is when order does matter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you have a block size of 30 and 3 groups. You ONLY want three NOT 30 so it will be 30*29*28 = 24,360.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a graphing calculator, you click MATH, move to the category that says PROB stands for probability. Then click on nPr which stands for permutation. n stands for how many blocks you have in this case and r stands for how many groups you only want. It would look like 30P3 = 24,360. </SPAN>\n" );
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