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Three children can get 1 box of cereal from the grocery store there are 12 boxes, how many ways can the selection be made?
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Three children can get 1 box of cereal from the grocery store there are 12 boxes, how many ways can the selection be made?
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Question 64699This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics
: I believe I am using the wrong formula?
Three children can get 1 box of cereal from the grocery store there are 12 boxes, how many ways can the selection be made? This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics
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Pick a child: 3 ways
Pick a box: 12 ways
Pick a child: 2 ways
Pick a box: 11 ways
Pick a child: 1 way
Pick a box: 10 ways
#of ways = 3!(12*11*10)=6*1320=7920
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Stan H.
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