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Yvan
Jan 10, 2009, 01:32 PM
Sam rolls 3 dice one at a time and places them in a row. How many outcomes in which all three dice have different numbers are possible?

Yvan
Jan 10, 2009, 01:33 PM
Sam rolls 3 dice one at a time and places them in a row. How many outcomes in which

galactus
Jan 10, 2009, 02:57 PM
He rolls the first die, so there are 6 possibilities.

The next die can not be the same, so there are 5 possibilities.

And so on.