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Help!!!!!!! Maths Coursework
Message posted by Avinder (via 62.7.46.174) on September 30, 2001 at 10:24 AM (ET)

Can someone please help me with my coursework. My teacher says its got to do with A level maths-statistics so far ive got an expression like this xy, xy (xy-1), xy (xy-1) (xy-2), xy (xy-1) xy (xy-1) (xy-2) (xy-3), if u recognise it please let me know my email address is supreme_sampras@hotmail.com , cheers


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Re: Help!!!!!!! Maths Coursework
Message posted by Avinder (via 62.7.46.174) on September 30, 2001 at 10:29 AM (ET)

sorry the expression goes xy, xy (xy-1), xy (xy-1) (xy-2), xy (xy-1) (xy-2) (xy-3), please help


Re: Help!!!!!!! Maths Coursework
Message posted by Jack Tomsky (via 208.249.113.130) on October 3, 2001 at 1:52 PM (ET)

Use the fact that n! = n(n-1)(n-2)...1.

Then n(n-1)(n-2)...(n-r+1) = n!/(n-r)!


Re: Help!!!!!!! Maths Coursework
Message posted by Shelia v anderson (via 209.158.198.235) on October 5, 2001 at 3:45 PM (ET)

I am trying to find the find out which number is within a school question. "if 28 of the 379 resonses were rejected, leaving 356, what would be the margin of error become with 955 certainty


Re: Help!!!!!!! Maths Coursework
Message posted by Greg (via 195.92.168.165) on November 29, 2001 at 2:49 PM (ET)

this coursework site is always useful for maths coursework.



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