Permutations Calculator

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About Permutations

A Permutations is a selection of items (sample) from a collection in a sequential order.

For example, given four letters: A, B, C and D there are twelve permutations of two that can be drawn from this collection:

  • A and B
  • B and A
  • A and C
  • C and A
  • A and D
  • D and A
  • B and C
  • C and B
  • B and D
  • D and B
  • C and D
  • D and C

Thus, the number of possible permutations of 2 samples from a 4 item collection is 12.

Unlike combinations, permutations consider that the order of the sample is relevant.

Permutations Formula

The formula for permutations is:
C(n,k) = n! / (n-k)! Where n is the collection size and k is the sample size.

For more info on Permutations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation


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