combinations | Psyops Prime https://psyopsprime.com An Idea Log Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 99640787 Permutations and Combinations https://psyopsprime.com/technology/permutations-and-combinations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=permutations-and-combinations https://psyopsprime.com/technology/permutations-and-combinations/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:12:14 +0000 http://psyopsprime.com/?p=1760 Talk about permutations and combinations can be scary. I was in an interview a couple of years back, and one of the interviewers brought up

The post Permutations and Combinations first appeared on Psyops Prime.]]> Talk about permutations and combinations can be scary. I was in an interview a couple of years back, and one of the interviewers brought up this question about the difference between the two. Although, I was not being interviewed, I was baffled even while sitting on the side of the interviewers. Then, I found this brilliant article that explains the difference between the two. I wonder why I didn’t share it then and there. Please peruse.

 

Easy Permutations and Combinations

I’ve always confused “permutation” and “combination” – which one’s which? Here’s an easy way to remember: permutation sounds complicated, doesn’t it? And it is. With permutations, every little detail matters. Alice, Bob and Charlie is different from Charlie, Bob and Alice (insert your friends’ names here).

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