ummmmmm its nCr (number of items nPr number of slots/choices) / (permutation of number of slots/choices) 13nPr3 / 3! (13*12*11) / (3*2*1) 1716/6 286 Then do the same for the other two and multiply them. Balls. So close.
In my highschool, you take precalc and do it in a couple weeks, then you move into calculus for the next 4 1/2 months. If you're so inclined you can do another full semester of calculus (I don't think I'm doing that... commerce and law will not reaquire insane calculus).
Oh that was towards you Sock, it was towards whoever it was that said ------ pre-calc. .:Edit:. Yea this you should've learned a while back, it's simple permutations and combinations I learned this during the end of 8th grade and in freshman year.
This is most definitely not algebra....Sure it has applications in algebra but it is more inclined towards calculas. Wait...or is it really algebra? Heck Id on't know. ==