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PERMUT
PERMUT calculates the number of ways to arrange k items selected from a pool of n when the order of selection matters. Unlike COMBIN, different orderings count as distinct outcomes. The result equals FACT(n) / FACT(n-k).
Excel
=PERMUT(A2,B2)Google Sheets
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How it works
- 1A2 is the total number of items n (e.g. 10 contestants).
- 2B2 is how many to arrange k (e.g. 3 for gold/silver/bronze).
- 3PERMUT(10,3) = 720 because there are 720 ordered ways to assign 3 ranks from 10 contestants.
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