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)?

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
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Problem 3ECP: A combination lock will open when you select the right choice of three numbers (from 1 to 30,...
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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)?

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