Evaluate the combination:
3C2
Combination Definition:
A unique order or arrangement
Combination Formula:
| nCr = | n! |
| r!(n - r)! |
where n is the number of items
r is the unique arrangements.
Plug in n = 3 and r = 2
| 3C2 2 | 3! |
| 2!(3 - 2)! |
Factorial Formula:
n! = n * (n - 1) * (n - 2) * .... * 2 * 1
Calculate the numerator n!:
n! = 3!
3! = 3 x 2 x 1
3! = 6
Calculate (n - r)!:
(n - r)! = (3 - 2)!
(3 - 2)! = 1!
1! = 1
1! = 1
Calculate r!:
r! = 2!
2! = 2 x 1
2! = 2
Calculate 3C2
| 3C2 = | 6 |
| 2 x 1 |
| 3C2 = | 6 |
| 2 |
3C2 = 3
Excel or Google Sheets formula:
Excel or Google Sheets formula:=COMBIN(3,2)Common Core State Standards In This Lesson
HSS.CP.B.9
What is the Answer?
3C2 = 3
How does the Permutations and Combinations Calculator work?
Free Permutations and Combinations Calculator - Calculates the following:
Number of permutation(s) of n items arranged in r ways = nPr
Number of combination(s) of n items arranged in r unique ways = nCr including subsets of sets
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Number of permutation(s) of n items arranged in r ways = nPr
Number of combination(s) of n items arranged in r unique ways = nCr including subsets of sets
This calculator has 2 inputs.
What 2 formulas are used for the Permutations and Combinations Calculator?
nPr=n!/r!
nCr=n!/r!(n-r)!
nCr=n!/r!(n-r)!
What 4 concepts are covered in the Permutations and Combinations Calculator?
- combination
- a mathematical technique that determines the number of possible arrangements in a collection of items where the order of the selection does not matter
nPr = n!/r!(n - r)! - factorial
- The product of an integer and all the integers below it
- permutation
- a way in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.
nPr = n!/(n - r)! - permutations and combinations
