document.write( "Question 1145049: Hello, I need help with certain question from my math hw. It's an online assignment, but none of said values shows. Maybe it's something I missed?\r
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document.write( "(a)  wPw-2  is the standard designation for the number of PERMUTATIONS.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The only way to interpret  wPw-2, which  I know, is  wP(w-2), which is\r\n" );
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document.write( "         wP(w-2) = w*(w-1)*(w-2)* . . . *3   (in all, there are (w-2) factors in the product).\r\n" );
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document.write( "     To calculate it, the value of w must be given.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     For example,  at w= 5  wP(w-2) is  5P3 = 5*4*3 = 60.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  wCw-2  is the standard designation for the number of COMBINATIONS.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The only way to interpret  wCw-2,  which I know, is  wC(w-2), which is\r\n" );
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document.write( "         wP(w-2) = \r\n" );
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document.write( "     To calculate it, the value of w must be given.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     For example,  at  w= 5,  wC(w-2) is   =  =  = 10.\r\n" );
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