Permutations of 7 items taken 3 at a time.
The order matters so it is permutations, not combinations.
Look at "ordered subsets" in the link:
http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chem/CHEM869N/CHEM869NMats/Permutations.html
7! / (7-3)! = 7!/4! = 7*6*5 = 210
How many 3-letter combinations are possible from the first seven letters of the alphabet?
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