English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

for the numbers 2 4 5 6 7 8 0

four digit combonation

cant use a number twice

zero at the end

2006-06-22 14:04:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

7 answers

The answer is 120 "lock combos" if I've understood your question.

You can't use a number twice, but different orders are allowed, but a combo must end in 0. So, for example, 2450 and 5240 are valid combo numbers. If that's the case, the answer is 120.

You must choose 3 distinct numbers in any order from the numbers 2 4 5 6 7 8. You then add a 0 on the end of these 3 to get a valid 4 digit combo number. The number of ways of doing this is simply 6x5x4 = 120. Note, if digits could be used more than once it would 6x6x6 = 216.
As far as using formulas go, you would use the permutation formula:

nPr = n!/(n-r)! In your case n= 6 and r = 3

6P3 = 6x5x4 = 120

2006-06-22 14:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jimbo 5 · 3 0

7! x 6! x 5! x 4!


7! (7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1)

2006-06-22 14:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

since you specified 0 at the end, the problem simplifies to
3 spots for 6 digits.

6*5*4*1
120.

2006-06-22 14:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0 0

3^6

2006-06-22 14:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

possible for last digit: 1 (only 0)
possible for first digit: 6
possible for 2nd digit: 5
possible for 3rd digit: 4

possible 4-digit combination where last digit is zero:
1 x 6 x 5 x 4 = 120

^_^

2006-06-23 00:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by kevin! 5 · 0 0

nCr = (n!)/(k!(n - k)!)

7C4 = (7!)/(4!(7 - 4)!)
7C4 = (5040)/(24 * 3!)
7C4 = 5040/(24 * 6)
7C4 = 5040/144
7C4 = 35

Assuming 0234 is allowed

2006-06-22 14:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by Sherman81 6 · 0 0

2450 to many
4560
5670
6780

2006-06-22 14:09:39 · answer #7 · answered by monkyodoom 2 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers