SOLUTION: Will someone please help me with the solution to this problem! Evaluate P(7,3) The choices for an answer are as follows: 1. 210 2. 840 3. 35 4. 180 Thank you, Ray!

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Question 150296: Will someone please help me with the solution to this problem!
Evaluate P(7,3)
The choices for an answer are as follows:
1. 210
2. 840
3. 35
4. 180
Thank you, Ray!

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If r objects are selected from a set of n objects any particular arrangement of these r objects is called a permutation.
nPr=n(n-1)(n-2)*...*(n-r+1)
7P3=7*6*5
=210
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Ed