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College Algebra & Trigonometry

Richard W. Beveridge

Chapter 7

Combinatorics - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

The Fundamental Principle of Counting

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Problem 1

A multiple choice test has 8 questions with four choices $(a, b, c, d)$ for each question. How many different ways can the test be completed?

Kyler Gray
Kyler Gray
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01:36

Problem 2

Local telephone numbers consist of seven digits. Given that the first number cannot be a 0 or $1,$ how many different phone numbers are possible?

Suman Saurav Thakur
Suman Saurav Thakur
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00:33

Problem 3

Nationally, phone numbers consist of of 10 digits -3 for the area code and 7 for the local number. Before the 1990 's the digits used in the area code were restricted so that the first digit couldn't be a 0 or a 1 and the second digit had to be a 0 or a 1 . This was changed to allow for more phone numbers. A useful way to describe the original plan and the new plan is as follows:

Elizabeth Xu
Elizabeth Xu
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 4

A coin is flipped five times and the result each time is recorded. How many different possible outcomes are there?

Prashansha Kaushik
Prashansha Kaushik
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00:38

Problem 5

A coin is flipped and a six-sided die is rolled and the results are recorded. If this is done three times, how many possible outcomes are there?

Prashansha Kaushik
Prashansha Kaushik
Numerade Educator
03:20

Problem 6

Two cards are chosen from a deck of 52 cards. If the first card is not replaced before the second card is chosen, how many ways are there to choose:
a) A spade first and a heart second?
b) Two spades?

Justin Johnson
Justin Johnson
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00:57

Problem 7

A company has 3000 employees. They plan to implement an employee ID numbering system that would consist of a letter followed by two digits. Is it possible to give each employee a different ID code under this plan?

Charles Carter
Charles Carter
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01:24

Problem 8

A baseball team has 7 pitchers and 3 catchers. How many different batteries (pitcher - catcher combinations) are possible?

Semhal Abebe
Semhal Abebe
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Problem 9

A string of five letters is created using the letters $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}, \mathrm{D}$ and $\mathrm{E}$. How many of these letter strings are possible if:
a) No conditions are imposed
b) Repetition of the letter $\mathrm{A}$ is not allowed
c) Each letter string must begin with $\mathrm{C}$
d) $\quad$ B must be the middle letter
e) $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ must be the middle letters in any order with no repetition
For Part (e) please list all possibilities.

Donna Densmore
Donna Densmore
Numerade Educator
01:12

Problem 10

A combination lock is numbered from 0 to 30 . Each combination consists of three numbers in succession. Successive numbers must be different, but the first and third can be the same. How many different combinations are possible?

Dale Sanford
Dale Sanford
Numerade Educator