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1. A desk holder contains 8 pens and 7 pencils. In how many ways can 6 pens or 6 pencils be selected? _ ways 2. Ms. Wood has a collection of 25 questions. How many different tests of 5 questions each can be made from the set of questions? _ different tests 3. Scout Troop 456 has 25 members. The scoutmaster appoints a 5-member campout crew composed of a leader, a cook, and a cleanup crew (3 scouts). How many different campout crews are possible? campout crews 4. Ms. Ling has 19 boys and 12 girls in her third-grade class. How many ways can she select 2 boys or 2 girls to make a Thanksgiving poster? _ ways

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          1. A desk holder contains 8 pens and 7 pencils. In how many ways
can 6 pens or 6 pencils be selected?
___ ways
2. Ms. Wood has a collection of 25 questions. How many different
tests of 5 questions each can be made from the set of
questions?
_____ different tests
3. Scout Troop 456 has 25 members. The scoutmaster appoints a
5-member campout crew composed of a leader, a cook, and a cleanup
crew (3 scouts). How many different campout crews are possible?
______ campout crews
4. Ms. Ling has 19 boys and 12 girls in her third-grade class.
How many ways can she select 2 boys or 2 girls to make a
Thanksgiving poster?
_____ ways

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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01/17/2022

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To select 6 pens or 6 pencils from the desk holder, we can consider two cases: - Case 1: Selecting 6 pens: This can be done in C(8, 6) = 28 ways. - Case 2: Selecting 6 pencils: This can be done in C(7, 6) = 7 ways. Therefore, the total number of ways to select 6 Show more…

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1. A desk holder contains 8 pens and 7 pencils. In how many ways can 6 pens or 6 pencils be selected? ___ ways 2. Ms. Wood has a collection of 25 questions. How many different tests of 5 questions each can be made from the set of questions? _____ different tests 3. Scout Troop 456 has 25 members. The scoutmaster appoints a 5-member campout crew composed of a leader, a cook, and a cleanup crew (3 scouts). How many different campout crews are possible? ______ campout crews 4. Ms. Ling has 19 boys and 12 girls in her third-grade class. How many ways can she select 2 boys or 2 girls to make a Thanksgiving poster? _____ ways