MULTINOMIAL()

Syntax. MULTINOMIAL(number1,number2,...)

Definition. This function returns the polynomial coefficient of a set of numbers. The formula for the MULTINOMIAL() function is:

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Arguments

  • number1 (required) and number2 (required) The minimum number of values is 1, and the maximum is 255 (29 in Excel 2003 and earlier versions) for which you want the multinomial

Background. The MULTINOMIAL() function calculates the polynomial coefficient for a set of numbers to determine the permutation (the order of identical elements).

With this function, you can also calculate the polynomial distribution.

Example. Assume that you want to calculate the number of ...

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