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A lock has a 3-number code made up of 28 numbers. If none of the numbers are allowed to repeat, how many different ways can you choose three different numbers in order for a unique code?
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A lock has a 33-number code made up of 2828 numbers. If none of the numbers are allowed to repeat, how many different ways can you choose three different numbers in order for a unique code?\newlineAnswer:

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Q. A lock has a 33-number code made up of 2828 numbers. If none of the numbers are allowed to repeat, how many different ways can you choose three different numbers in order for a unique code?\newlineAnswer:
  1. Calculate Factorials: We need to calculate the number of ways to choose 33 different numbers from 2828 without repetition. This is a permutation problem because the order of the numbers matters for the code.\newlineThe formula for permutations of nn items taken rr at a time is nPr=n!(nr)!nPr = \frac{n!}{(n-r)!}.\newlineHere, n=28n = 28 (total numbers) and r=3r = 3 (numbers in the code).
  2. Apply Permutation Formula: First, we calculate the factorial of 2828, which is 28!=28×27×26××128! = 28 \times 27 \times 26 \times \ldots \times 1. However, we do not need to calculate the entire factorial. We only need the product of the first three terms because the rest will cancel out when we divide by (283)!(28-3)!.
  3. Simplify Calculation: Now, we calculate the factorial of (283)(28-3), which is 25!=25×24×23××125! = 25 \times 24 \times 23 \times \ldots \times 1. Again, we do not need the entire factorial for 25!25! because it will cancel out with the 28!28! in the numerator.
  4. Perform Multiplication: We can now write the permutation formula as 28P3=28!(283)!=28×27×2625×24×23×...×128P3 = \frac{28!}{(28-3)!} = \frac{28 \times 27 \times 26}{25 \times 24 \times 23 \times ... \times 1}. The terms from 25!25! in the denominator cancel out with the corresponding terms in the numerator after 28×27×2628 \times 27 \times 26.
  5. Final Answer: After canceling, we are left with 28P3=28×27×2628P3 = 28 \times 27 \times 26. Now we perform the multiplication: 28×27×26=1965628 \times 27 \times 26 = 19656.
  6. Final Answer: After canceling, we are left with 28P3=28×27×2628P3 = 28 \times 27 \times 26. Now we perform the multiplication: 28×27×26=1965628 \times 27 \times 26 = 19656. The final answer is the number of different 33-number codes that can be made from 2828 numbers without repeating any numbers, which is 1965619656.

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