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Could you please explain these thoroughly.
You toss a pair of dice.

Compute P 8,3.
Compute C 8,3.

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In the Cash Now lottery game there are 10 finalists who submitted entry tickets on time. From these 10 tickets three grand prize winners will be drawn. The first place is a million dollars , the second place is one hundred thousand dollars, and the third place is ten thousand dollars. Use the permutations rule to determine the total number of different ways a winner can be drawn.

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P(8,3)=8*7*6=336
C(8,3)=8*7*6/3!=336/6=56

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