Your school locker has a dial with 50 numbers which required 3 numbers to open. (It is not a combination lock.) IF the numbers CANNOT be repeated, which expression would give you the number of possible 'combinations' (permutations)? 45 O 50+49+48+47... +1 501 50х 3х2х1 O 50 x 3 (or 50+50+50) 50 x 49 x 48 O 50 x 50 x 50 O 50+49+48 35 40

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Your school locker has a dial with 50 numbers which required 3 numbers to open. (It is not a combination lock.)
IF the numbers CANNOT be repeated, which expression would give you the number of possible 'combinations'
(permutations)?
45
50+49+48+47.. +1
50!
50 x 3 x 2 x 1
O 50 x 3 (or 50+50+50)
50 x 49 x 48
O 50 x 50 x 50
O 50+49+48
35 40
Transcribed Image Text:Your school locker has a dial with 50 numbers which required 3 numbers to open. (It is not a combination lock.) IF the numbers CANNOT be repeated, which expression would give you the number of possible 'combinations' (permutations)? 45 50+49+48+47.. +1 50! 50 x 3 x 2 x 1 O 50 x 3 (or 50+50+50) 50 x 49 x 48 O 50 x 50 x 50 O 50+49+48 35 40
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