Mudcat Café message #1150176

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Thread #68326 Message #1150176
Posted By: Rapparee
30-Mar-04 - 01:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Father of all BS Threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Father of all BS Threads

Wouldn't it be the number of permutations of n distinct things taken m at a time? If so, wouldn't the formula be

P(n,m)=n!/(n-m)!=n(n-1)...(n-m+1) ????