MATH 100 Ch. 10
How many ways can a president and vice-president be chosen from a committee of 11 people?
110
Assuming all members of the club are eligible, but that no one can hold more than one office, list and count the different ways the club could elect a president and a treasurer if the two officers must not be the same gender. N={Adam, Brian, Carla, Douglas, Emma} or, in abbreviated form, N={A, B, C, D, E}.
12 - AC, AE, BC, BE, CA, CB, CD, DC, DE, EA, EB, ED
Pamela DeMar's computer printer allows for optional settings with a panel of five on-off switches in a row. How many different settings can she select if no two adjacent switches can both be on?
13
How many ways can a teacher give four different prizes to four of her 22 students?
175560
You roll two six-sided dice, counting the sum of the results of each pair. Of the 36 possible outcomes, determine the number for which the sum of both dice is 3
2
How many ways can a male and a female be selected to decorate for a party from a club consisting of nine members where four are men and five are women?
20
A club N with five members is shown below. N={Alvin, Blake, Carrie, Daniel, Eileen}, abbreviated as N={A, B, C, D, E} Assuming all members of the club are eligible, but that no one can hold more than one office, list and count the different ways the club could elect both a president and a treasurer.
20 - AB, AC, AD, AE, BA, BC, BD, BE, CA, CB, CD, CE, DA, DB, DC, DE, EA, EB, EC, ED
An electronics store receives a shipment of 30 graphing calculators, including 2 that are defective. Four of the calculators are selected to be sent to a local high school. How many of these selections will contain no defective calculators?
20475
When two fair dice are rolled, there are 36 possible outcomes. How many possible outcomes would there be if three fair dice were rolled?
216
Find the number of distinguishable arrangements of the letters of the word: HEEBIE−JEEBIES
2162160
In how many ways could 17 people be divided into five groups containing, respectively, 4, 1, 7, 3, and 2 people?
245044800
Of the 36 possible outcomes, determine the number for which the sum of both dice is greater than 5
26
Find the number of distinguishable arrangements of the letters of the word: DUODECILLION
29937600
Subject identification numbers in a certain scientific research project consist of two letters followed by three digits and then two more letters. Assume repetitions are not allowed within any of the three groups, but letters in the first group of two may occur also in the last group of two. How many distinct identification numbers are possible?
304200000
Pamela's computer printer allows for optional settings with a panel of five on-off switches in a row. How many different settings can she select if there are no restrictions on the switches?
32
A contractor builds homes of 11 different models and presently has 6 lots to build on. In how many different ways can he arrange homes on these lots?Assume 6 different models will be built.
332640
List and count the ways club N could appoint a committee of three members when there are no restrictions to select the committee. N={Alan, Bill, Cathy, David } or, in abbreviated form, N = {A, B, C, D}
4 - ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD
In how many ways could members of the following club line up all 8 members for a photograph? N={Jim, Ashley, Emma, Anthony, David, Evelyn, Linda, Craig}
40320
Jessica Elbern's class schedule for next semester must consist of exactly one class from each of the four categories shown in the table at the top of the next column. Use the table to determine the number of different sets of classes Jessica can take if funding has been withdrawn for two of the education courses and for one of the sociology courses.
48
The daily double at most race tracks consists of selecting the winning horse in both the first and second races. If the first race has 6 entries and the second race has 8 entries, how many daily double tickets must be purchased to guarantee a win?
48
Counting numbers are to be formed using only the digits 9, 5, 6, 7, 3, 8, and 4. Determine the number of different possibilities for two-digit numbers
49
An unusual die has the numbers 1, 1, 3, 3, 7, and 7 on its six faces. Two of these dice are rolled, and the two numbers on the top faces are added. How many different sums are possible?
6
Counting numbers are to be formed using only the digits 4, 5, and 7. Determine the number of different possibilities for four-digit numbers with one pair of adjacent 5s and no other repeated digits
6
How many of the anagrams (arrangements of the letters) of JNDJCNC are palindromes, that is arrangements that read the same forward and backward?
6
Assuming all members are eligible, but no one can hold more than one office, list and count the different ways the club could elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer if the president must be a man and the other two must be women. (Carla and Eileen are women, and the others are men.) N={Alfred, Brad, Carla, Douglas, Eileen} or, in abbreviated form, N = {A, B, C, D, E}
6 - ACE, AEC, BCE, BEC, DCE, DEC
In a race in which ten automobiles are entered and there are no ties, in how many ways can the first three finishers come in?
720
Until 1995, the rules for three-digit area codes in the United States were as follows: •The first digit could not be 0 or 1. •The second digit had to be 0 or 1. •The third digit had no such restrictions. In 1995, the restriction on the second digit of area codes was removed. How many area codes are possible after the restriction is removed?
800
To win at LOTTO in one state, one must correctly select 6 numbers from a collection of 65 numbers (1 through 65). The order in which the selection is made does not matter. How many different selections are possible?
82598880
For $3.98 you can get a salad, main course, and dessert at the cafeteria. If you have a choice of 4 different salads, 6 different main courses, and 4 different desserts, then how many different meals can you get for $3.98?
96
Construct a tree diagram showing all possible results when three fair coins are tossed. Then list the ways of getting fewer than two heads
TTT, HTT, THT, TTH
Determine whether the object is a permutation or a combination: the batting order for a baseball team
This is a permutation because repetition is not allowed and the order of the items matters.
Determine whether the object is a permutation or a combination: an automobile license plate number
This is neither a permutation nor a combination because reputation is allowed.
Determine whether the object is a permutation or a combination: a 10-digit telephone number (including area code)
This is neither a permutation nor a combination because reputation is allowed.
At a wedding reception, the bride and groom and seven attendants will form a receiving line. How many ways can they be arranged in each of following cases? a) Any order will do. b) The bride and groom must be the last two in line. c) The groom must be last in line with the bride next to him.
a) 362880 b) 10080 c) 5040