How did we forget the snare? Doh!

I showed you guys the formula for calculating possible combinations in an earlier post. You can do it with any number. Here it is using 12. If you're into solving math problems, you can run the numbers using 13, or just about any number you wish. Just bear in mind that the higher the starting number, the more staggering the final number of combinations will be. This formula explains why no two chess games are ever alike. It explains why chess works as a game. 32 pieces on 64 squares. The number of possible combinations/permutations (moves) approaches infinity! Here is the formula spelled out. With 'n' being the starting number and the possible combinations of that number being designated as, n!.

The 'formula':

The number of combinations that you can make with n is n!.

n! = n(n-1)....(1). In other words, you just multiply the number in order of decreasing integers.

Here's an example:

4! = 4x3x2x1=24

5! = 5x4x3x2x1 = 120

It's fairly simple once you understand how it's done. Nothing 'heavy' going on. Simple, basic math.

So, 24 combination are possible with 4 numbers and 120 combination are possible with 5 numbers. So, let's do 12!.

12! = 12x11= 132x10= 1,320x9= 11,880x8= 95,040x7= 665,280x6= 3,991,680x5= 19,958,400x4= 79,833,600x3=239,500,800x2=479,001,600x1… 479,001,600.

So,

12!= 479,001,600.

So the number of combinations that you can make with 12 numbers is 12!, which is,

479,001,600.

That would be the answer.

Now that you know how it's done, let's see which one of you galoots can come up with the number of possible combinations based on the number '13' which would include the snare. I think you'll be surprised at what an astronomical number of permutations it really is!

Enjoy!

John

PS - In college, as this knowledge was being crammed down my throat, I never thought I'd ever need to use this stuff in 'real life.' I guess I was wrong! It -did- come in handy... LOL

I have 7 Phonics, three roto`s and a snare, I`m gonna give it a try and see wich one I like best, but I`ll include the HH !i

Purdie, I`ll bet it took longer to learn it than use it !i

Well that didn`t take long,...set them all up and only use the one`s for the number. Change up on the fly !i

LOL - No, it took longer to finally use it, than to learn it! I was surprised when I found out that all those weird 'formula's' for figuring stuff out relied on basic math, either multiply, add, subtract, or divide. Once you know what to do, how to 'read' the formula's, the rest is usually basic math.

I still got a C! LOL

John - NOT a math whiz! Passed by the skin of my teeth...

so I can honestly say I have 479,000,000 drum sets correct? Funny Post

Put that in your Craig's ad....

You know how they have 4 drums...but list it as 13 piece set...as they count every stand etc.....

If you consider the Fibonacci Sequence and how it relates to the subconscious...And you want to be noticed... (1) one !!!

well, now that I'm turing my 20" floor tom into a bass, does that add another 462,000 drum sets to my inventory? The Band