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how many combinations of three numbers can be found in any given quantity
Posted on 2013-02-04
I have to work out and write down (on a spreadsheet):
how many groups of three numbers can be extracted (without repetition) from 80.
as an illustration:
there is only one group of three numbers in 3 (1,2,3)
there are four groups of three numbers in 4 (1,2,3 1,2,4 1,3,4 2,3,4)
there are 10 groups of three numbers in 6 (see attached worksheet)
I hope this calculation makes sense.
I need help with the formula for determining how many combinations, but in addition I also need them written out in a spreadsheet in an ordered way similar to that arranged in the attached worksheet.
I would be very grateful for help
sample-3.xls
how many groups of three numbers can be extracted (without repetition) from 80.
as an illustration:
there is only one group of three numbers in 3 (1,2,3)
there are four groups of three numbers in 4 (1,2,3 1,2,4 1,3,4 2,3,4)
there are 10 groups of three numbers in 6 (see attached worksheet)
I hope this calculation makes sense.
I need help with the formula for determining how many combinations, but in addition I also need them written out in a spreadsheet in an ordered way similar to that arranged in the attached worksheet.
I would be very grateful for help
sample-3.xls
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I have =COMBIN(80, 3) for excel which gives me 18,424 possibilities
Now, what would be great would be a way of listing them all out in order.
1 2 3 (each number to its own cell)
1 2 4
1 2 5
1 2 6.... etc
Now, what would be great would be a way of listing them all out in order.
1 2 3 (each number to its own cell)
1 2 4
1 2 5
1 2 6.... etc
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thankyou d-glitch, I have that already
I need some sort of code that will list them out, so that I can count the occurrence of combinations in a sample
I need some sort of code that will list them out, so that I can count the occurrence of combinations in a sample
since there are 164,320 sets of 3 numbers in the result set, that will be quite a challenge to list each set in Excel.
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If you have a programming language and an 80-element array, you can do it with three nested loops:
For i = 1 to 80
For j = i to 80
For k = j to 80
Print Array( i), Array( j), Array( k)
next k
next j
next i
For i = 1 to 80
For j = i to 80
For k = j to 80
Print Array( i), Array( j), Array( k)
next k
next j
next i
Arthur, it's 3! not 3 in the denominator. So there's only 82,160 possibilities.
I don't see why Excel could not handle that. It might take a bit longer than other languages, but I can't imagine it running any longer than a minute. It could be done with either VBA (fairly simple) or formulas (a bit harder).
Does the assignment specify which you need to use?
I don't see why Excel could not handle that. It might take a bit longer than other languages, but I can't imagine it running any longer than a minute. It could be done with either VBA (fairly simple) or formulas (a bit harder).
Does the assignment specify which you need to use?
Or since it's not an array and it's just numbers, you could just do.
row = 1;
For i = 1 to 78
For j = i+1 to 79
For k = j +1to 80
Range("A"&row).Value = i
Range("B"&row).Value = j
Range("C"&row).Value = k
row = row + 1
next k
next j
next i
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>> Does Excel have a limit to the amount it can work with ?
Yes. 64k rows and 256 columns.
That is plenty of space. The problem is the available tools.
Yes. 64k rows and 256 columns.
That is plenty of space. The problem is the available tools.
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Correction for the program ...
For i = 1 to 80
For j = i+1 to 80
For k = j+1 to 80
Print Array( i), Array( j), Array( k)
next k
next j
next i
For i = 1 to 80
For j = i+1 to 80
For k = j+1 to 80
Print Array( i), Array( j), Array( k)
next k
next j
next i
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