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Worksheet 5 - Permuations-and-Combinations

The document is a worksheet focused on permutations and combinations, containing various problems and exercises related to counting principles, factorials, and arrangements. It includes scenarios for calculating combinations, arrangements of items, and evaluating factorial expressions. Additionally, it provides practice problems for both permutations and combinations across different contexts.

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Worksheet 5 - Permuations-and-Combinations

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Worksheet -5

PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION

FUNDAMENTAL COUNTING PRINCIPLE,FACTORIALS

1. A restaurant offers four sizes of pizza, two types of crust, and eight toppings. How many
possible combinations of pizza with one topping are there?

2. How many ways can 5 paintings be line up on a wall?


3. Rob has 4 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, and 2 pairs of shoes that all coordinate. How many
outfits can you put together?

4. Grace loves to eat salad! How many salads can she put together if she can pick out one typeof
lettuce from 2 choices, one vegetable from 4 choices and one dressing from 7 choices?

5. PA license plates have 3 letters followed by 4 numbers.


a. If the same letter or number can be repeated, how many can be made?
b. If the same letter CANNOT be repeated, how many can be made?
6. How many 5-digit numbers can be formed (using 0 – 9)?
7. How many 5-digit numbers can be formed if each one uses all the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
without repetition?
8. In how many ways can 6 bicycles be parked in a row?
Factorial:
9. Evaluate (show all your work):

a. 6! b. 9! c. 10!

[Link] 10! with a factor of 8! (Hint: __ x ___x 8!)

Solve the following

5!
11.
2!

10!
12.
8!

25!
13.
20!

12!
10! 4!

12!
15.
9!3!

16. In how many ways can 7 different cards be laid out on a table in a row?
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PERMUTATIONS

1. A lock contains 3 dials, each with ten digits. How many possible sequences of numbers
exist?

2. Four students are to be chosen from a group of 10 to fill the positions of president, vice-
president, treasurer and secretary. In how many ways can this be accomplished?

3. How many ways can the letters MATH be arranged?

4. A shelf can hold 7 trophies. How many ways can the trophies be arranged if there are10
trophies available?

5. Bill has three pairs of pants, 5 shirts and 2 pairs of shoes. How many outfits can he
make?
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All Types of Permutations


1. How many 5-number license plates can be made using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, if

a. repetitions ARE allowed

b. repetitions are NOT allowed

2. A teacher wants to write an ordered 4-question test from a pool of 12


questions. How many different forms of the test can the teacher write?

3. How many 5-number license plates can be made using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, if
anodd digit must come first and

a. repetitions ARE allowed

b. repetitions are NOT allowed

4. Assume the same situation as #3, but tell me how many EVEN license plates can
be made if repetitions ARE allowed.

5. In how many ways can 4 blue, 3 red, and 2 green flags be arranged on a pole?
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6. Find the number of permutations of the letters of these words:

a. DEED

b. COMMITTEE

c. GLENDALE

d. HYDERABAD

e. MATHEMATICS

7. A player in a word game has the letters E, E, B, D, G, G, G. In how many ways


can these letters be arranged?

8. Find the values of


a. 7P5
b. P (65,2)

9. Prove that the following equations


a. 10P3 = 9P3 + 3 x 9P2

b. P (n, n) = 2 x P (n, n – 2)
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10. Find the value of n or r if


a. 5 x P (4, n) = 6 x P (5, n – 1)

b. P (n – 1, 3): P (n + 1, 3) = 5: 12

c. nP4: nP5 = 1: 2

d. 22Pr+1: 20Pr+2 = 11:52, find the value of r

e. P (15, r – 1): P (16, r – 1) = 3: 4 find the value of r.


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COMBINATIONS:

Use the combinations formula to simplify each problem.

1. 9 C4 = 2. 4 C4 =

3. 9 C0 = 4. 40 C3 =

5. 12 C4 = 6. 12 C8 =

5. How many different 12-member juries be chosen from a pool of 32 people?

6. A test consists of 20 questions, but you are told to answer only 15. In how many
different ways can you choose the 15 questions?

7. How many ways can nine starting players be chosen from a softball team of 15?

8. Four seniors will speak at graduation. If 30 students audition to speak, how many
different groups of 4 speakers can be selected?
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More Combinations

Use the combinations formula to simplify each problem.

1. Evaluate the following


a. 19C17 + 19C18
b. 15C8 + 15C9 - 15C6 - 15C7

2. Find the value of n if


a. 16 x n+2C8 = 57 x n-2C4

b. 35Cn+7 = 35C4n-2,

3. If nC10 = nC12, then find the value of nC3

4. Find r if
a. 11C2r = 11Cr+5
b. 9Cr - 8C3 = 8C2

5. How many basketball games are played in a 10-team league if each team plays
allother teams TWICE?

6. of the first 8 questions on a test, a student must answer 6. Of the next 7


questions, 4 must be answered. In how many ways can this be done?

7. Irene’s Ice Cream serves 10 flavors of ice cream, 4 kinds of syrup, and 6 varieties
of toppings. How many different Sundaes can you make if each has 2 flavors of
ice cream, 2 kinds of syrup, and 3 toppings?
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Decide if the problem is an example of a permutation or combination. Then evaluate each [Link]
proper notation, and your work.

1. How many teams of 4 horses would be made if there were 9 horses in the stable?

2. A lock manufacturer uses the numbers 1 - 30 in its combinations. How many different
combinations for the lock are there if it uses 3-number combinations?

3. Mike has nine baseball trophies to arrange on the shelf. How many different ways canthey
be arranged?

4. In math class, there are 24 students. The teacher picks 4 students to help do a
demonstration. How many different groups of 4 could she have chosen?

5. In how many ways can 10 people wait in line for concert tickets?

6. The teacher has listed 30 books as book report options. You must read 5. How many
different sets of 5 books could you have chosen to read?

7. How many different ways are there to purchase 2 CD’s, 3 DVD’s and 1 set of headphones if
there are 7 CD titles, 5 DVD titles, and 3 types of headphones available?
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REVIEW WORKSHEET:

1. Find the number of permutations of the digits 0 – 9 for each situation.


a. 4-digit numbers b. 6-digit numbers

2. A display case has room for 10 statues. Find the number of ways 10 statues can be
displayed if each number of statues is available.
a. 10 statues b. 20 statues

3. Find the number of permutations of the letters in each word.


a. factorial b. permutation c. applications

4. In a class of 30 students, find the number of permutations for each situation.


a. 7 students for the debate team

b. 25 students for the baseball team

c. first, second, and third place in the art show

5. Find the number of ways a French test can be made.


a. 20 questions from a test bank of 100 questions

b. 4 questions from a test bank of 12 questions

6. Pizzas can be topped with 4 different sauces, 5 different meats and 4 different [Link] how
many ways can a pizza be made with the following ingredients?
a. 2 meats and 2 cheeses b. 3 sauces, 4 meats, and 2 cheeses

7. Determine if the situation involves a permutation or a combination, then find the answer.

a. In how many ways can 12 members of a jury be selected from a jury pool of 150?

b. In how many ways can a foreman, assistant foreman, and secretary be selected froma
12-member group?

Common questions

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To calculate the number of possible pizza combinations, multiply the number of choices for each category: sizes, crusts, and toppings. This results in 4 sizes * 2 crusts * 8 toppings = 64 possible combinations .

Using the counting principle, multiply the choices for each component: lettuce (2 choices), vegetables (4 choices), and dressings (7 choices). Therefore, 2 * 4 * 7 = 56 possible salads .

The number of combinations to select 12 members from 32 is calculated using the combinations formula: 32C12 = 32! / (12! * (32-12)!) = 225,792,840 possible combinations .

The word 'COMMITTEE' has 9 letters with repetitions (C=1, O=1, M=1, I=1, T=2, E=2). The formula for permutations is n! / (n1! * n2! * ... * nk!), which results in 9! / (1!1!1!1!2!2!) = 9! / 8 = 45,360 permutations .

Arranging 4 different colors on a flagpole is a permutation problem: 4! = 24 different arrangements .

Each letter position has 26 possibilities and each number position has 10 possibilities, thus 26^3 (letters) * 10^4 (numbers) = 17,576 * 10,000 = 175,760,000 unique plates .

The number of ways to arrange 10 distinct trophies is given by the factorial of 10: 10! = 3,628,800 ways .

Using all 5 digits without repetition, the number of permutations is 5!, which equals 120 distinct 5-digit numbers .

This is a permutation problem where 4 questions are chosen from 12 distinct questions, which is calculated as 12P4 = 12! / (12-4)! = 12! / 8! = 11,880 possible tests .

The word 'MATHEMATICS' consists of 11 letters with repetitions (M=2, A=2, T=2). The formula for permutations of a multiset is n! / (n1! * n2! * ... * nk!). Thus, 11! / (2! * 2! * 2!) = 11! / (8) = 4,989,600 / 8 = 623,700 possible arrangements .

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