 | William Kinne - Accounting - 1831 - 248 pages
...numbers, beginning at the number of things given, and decreasing by one, till the number of terms be equal to the number of things to be taken at a time, multiply these terms into each other; and the product willbe the answer. EXAMPLES. 1. How many changes... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...numbers commencing with the given number of things and decreasing by 1, till the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time, and the product of all the terms of this series will be the answer. To illustrate the rule, we will... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...numbers, beginning at the number of things given, and decreasing by I, to the number of quantities to be taken at a time ; the product of all the terms will be the answer required. EXAMPLES. 5. How many changes can be rung with 4 bells out of 8 ? 8 X 7 X 6 X 5 = 1 680 changes, Ans.... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...things out of which the combinations are to be made, and decreasing by 1 , till the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time, and find the product of all the terms. Then take the natural series 1 r 2, 3, fye. up to the number... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...numbers, beginning at the number of things given, and decreasing by 1 , to the number of quantities to be taken at a time; the product of all the terms will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs. 5. How many changes can be rung with 4 bells out of 8 ? 8 X 7 X 6 X 5 = 1 680 changes, Ans.... | |
 | Charles Waterhouse - Arithmetic - 1842 - 178 pages
...numbers commencing with the given number of things, and decreasing by 1 , till the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time, and the product of all the terms of this series will be the answer. EXAMPLE. How many changes can be... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1843 - 340 pages
...numbers, beginning at the number of things given, and decreasing by 1 , to the number of quantities to be taken at a time ; the product of all the terms wilt be the answer required. • EXAMPLES. 5. How many changes can be rung with 4 bells out of 8 ?... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...numbers, commencing with the number of things given, and decreasing by 1, until the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time...different figures each, can be expressed by the 9 digits 1 6. In how many different ways may 10 letters of the alphabet be arranged ! PROBLEM III. To find the... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...numbers, commencing with the number of things given, and decreasing by 1, until the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time : the product 01 all the terms will be the answer required. 4. How many changes can be rung with 8 bells, taking... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...numbers commencing with the given number of things, and decreasing by 1, till the number of terms are equal to the number of things to be taken at a time, and the product of all the terms of this series will be the answer. QuetOont.— What are Permutations?—... | |
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Take a series of numbers, commencing with the number of things given, and decreasing by 1, until the number of terms is equal to the number of things to be taken at a time : the product of all the terms will be the answer required. 
