permutation problem: A company that makes crayons is trying to decide which 3 colors to include in a promotional mini-box of 3 crayons. The company can choose the 3 mini-box colors from its collection of 75 colors. How many mini-boxes are possible? I did 75P3= 75!/72! but the calculator showed an error. what did I do wrong?

permutation problem: A company that makes crayons is trying to decide which 3 colors to include in a promotional mini-box of 3 crayons. The company can choose the 3 mini-box colors from its collection of 75 colors. How many mini-boxes are possible? I did 75P3= 75!/72! but the calculator showed an error. what did I do wrong?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

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