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#1 2012-12-18 15:49:52
- RealCozzy
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Baseball Lineups
I have to fill out a 9 player baseball lineup, using only three players.
I have three Player A, three Player B and three Player C.
ie - one lineup might look like AAABBBCCC or AABCABCCB
My question is, what is the math formula for determining how many possible lineups there are.
And secondly, what is an easy way to list all these lineups?
Thanks -D
#2 2012-12-18 16:09:02
- bobbym
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Re: Baseball Lineups
Hi;
Welcome to the forum.
There are
different lineups. To list them you will need a program.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#4 2012-12-18 18:26:47
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Re: Baseball Lineups
Hi;
Go here
http://users.telenet.be/vdmoortel/dirk/ … tions.html
and enter aaabbbccc.
Easier than coding a multinomial!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.