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A permutation is an ordered subset of a set of distinct objects. The number of possible permutations, each containing n objects, that can be formed from a collection of m distinct objects is given by
m!
mPn = ------- = m(m-1) ... (m-n+1)
(m-n)!
where m, n are integers and 0 ≤ n ≤ m.
Notes:
1. mPn can also be denoted by Pmn, P(m,n) or (m)n.
2. mP0 = 1, mP1 = m, mPm = m!
| Step | Instructions | Input Data/Units | Keys | Output Data/Units |
| 1 | Enter program | |||
| 2 | Store m, n | m | STO 0 | |
| n | STO 1 | |||
| 3 | Compute permutations | f PRGM R/S | mPn | |
| 4 | For new case, go to step 2 |
1. 43P3 = 74046.00
2. 73P4 = 26122320.00
LINE CODE KEYS 00 01 24 00 RCL 0 02 24 00 RCL 0 03 24 01 RCL 1 04 15 71 g x=0 05 13 29 GTO 29 06 14 71 f x=y 07 13 31 GTO 31 08 14 51 f x≥y 09 13 39 GTO 39 10 01 1 11 14 71 f x=y 12 13 41 GTO 41 13 22 R↓ 14 41 - 15 01 1 16 51 + 17 61 x 18 14 73 f LASTx 19 24 00 RCL 0 20 01 1 21 41 - 22 14 71 f x=y 23 13 26 GTO 26 24 22 R↓ 25 13 15 GTO 15 26 22 R↓ 27 22 R↓ 28 13 00 GTO 00 29 01 1 30 13 00 GTO 00 31 01 1 32 41 - 33 15 71 g x=0 34 13 37 GTO 37 35 23 61 00 STO x 0 36 13 31 GTO 31 37 24 00 RCL 0 38 13 00 GTO 00 39 00 0 40 71 ÷ 41 22 R↓ 42 22 R↓ 43 13 00 GTO 00
R0 m R1 n
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