COMBIN Formula in Excel

 

What Does It Do ?

This function calculates the highest number of combinations available based upon a fixed number of items.

The internal order of the combination does not matter, so AB is the same as BA.

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Syntax

=COMBIN(HowManyItems,GroupSize)

Formatting

No special formatting is required.

Example 1

This example calculates the possible number of pairs of letters available from the four characters ABCD.

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Example 2

A decorator is asked to design a color scheme for a new office.

The decorator is given five colors to work with, but can only use three in any scheme.

How many colours schemes can be created ?

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