Data Analysis and Processing Guide
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April GonzalesMATH121ak Elementary Statistics Problem Set no. 3 Name: Gonzales, April Jane C. C/Y/S: PSY24 Professor: Ms.
. Nelda Nacion
1. How many numbers consisting of 5 digits can be made from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9? P =Nn P =95 P =59,049 5 number digits can be made out of 9 numbers. 2. In how many ways can 5 people be seated on a sofa, if there are only three seats available? P = P = P = 60 ways to arrange them 3 at a time 3. In how many ways can 6 children be seated in a round table? P = (n-1)! P = (6-1)! P = 120
4. An organization sponsored a raffle where they were to sell all 500 tickets sequentially numbered from 001 to 500. How many of the tickets a. Has the same three digits = 4 b. Ends in 3 c. Contain the digits 1, 2, 3 (not necessarily in that order) 5. The geographical distribution of the hometown of 80 students of CvSU-CBE is given as: 50 from Luzon, 10 from Visayas and 20 from Mindanao. How many ways can three students be selected at random such that a. All of them come from any three places = 10,000 (50*20*10)
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b. No student comes from Luzon and Mindanao = 720 (10*9*8) 6. In how many ways can 10 individuals be selected from 25 individuals? C = C = C = 3,268,760 ways 7. If a student can answer any 6 questions from an exam with 10 questions, how many ways can he answer the exam? C = C = C = 210 ways 8. If there are 9 horses in a race, in how many ways can they finish first, second, and third? P = P = P = 504 9. How P = P = P = many ways can 10 students line up in a food counter? n! 10! 3,628,000
10. How many choices do we have if we are going to bet in the Lotto 6/42 draw? C = C = C = 5,245,786 combinations to bet 11. In how many ways can 6 boys and 7 girls be seated in a row of 13 chairs? What if the boys and the girls must alternate? P = 7!+6! P = 5,760
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12. If in an examination consisting of 24 questions a student may omit 6, in how many ways can he select the problems he will answer? C = C = C = 134,596 13. How many three-digit numbers greater than 300 can be formed from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, if each digit can be used only once? P = (7*6*5) + 300 P = 210 + 300 P = 510 three digit numbers 14. How many sample points or elements are there when simultaneously a coin is tossed once, two dice are thrown and a card is selected at random from an ordinary deck of 52 cards? = 2*6*6*52 = 3744 15. In how many ways can a window dresser display four shirts in a circular arrangement? P = (n-1)! P = 6 16. How many distinct permutations can be made from the word COMMUNICATION? P = P = P = 194,594,400 permutations 17. How many ways can a manager select the top three employees based on performance from 8 of his employees? P = P = P = 336
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18. In how many ways can 10 students be split into 2 groups containing 4 and 6 students, respectively? P = P = 210 19. In how many ways can the 5 starting positions in a basketball team be filled with 8 men who can play any position? C = C = C = 56 20. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word REACT? P = n! P = 5! P = 120 21. In how many ways can a jack, a queen and a king be chosen from a deck of 52 cards? C = C = C = 22,100 22. How many ways are there to select 3 candidates from 8 equally qualified recent graduates for openings in Intel, Philippines? C = C = C = 56 23. In how many ways can the letters in the word REPUBLIC be arranged if 2 letters are used at a time? P = 4! P = 24
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