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Principle of Counting Practice 2

1. The document presents 23 word problems involving combinations and permutations. The problems cover a range of topics including counting possible meals from a menu, generating license plate combinations, drawing cards from a deck, forming numbers with unique digits, seating arrangements, arranging letters in words, and more. The document asks the reader to solve each individual problem.

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Principle of Counting Practice 2

1. The document presents 23 word problems involving combinations and permutations. The problems cover a range of topics including counting possible meals from a menu, generating license plate combinations, drawing cards from a deck, forming numbers with unique digits, seating arrangements, arranging letters in words, and more. The document asks the reader to solve each individual problem.

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1 The local pizzeria offers a choice of 2 pizzas - supreme or vegetarian, 3 sides - chips, salad or coleslaw, and 4

drinks - juice, coke, ginger beer or water. For dinner I decide to have 1 pizza, 1 side, and 1 drink. How many
possible meals do I have to choose from?

2. How many different car number plates can be made if each is to display 3 letters followed by 3 numbers?

3. Your friend wants to perform a magic trick and asks you to draw 2 cards from a standard deck of 52. The first
card you draw must be placed face down and the second placed face up on the table. How many ways are there
of drawing the 2 cards?

(a) How many four digit numbers can be formed using only the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?

(b) How many four digit numbers from (a) have no repeated digits?

(c) How many four digit numbers from (b) are greater than 5000?

5. Three adults and five children are seated randomly in a row.

(a) In how many ways can this be done?

(b) In how many ways can this be done if the three adults are seated together?

(c) In how many ways can this be done if the three adults are seated together and the five children are also
seated together?
6. How many 3 digit arrangements can be formed from the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8 if no digit is repeated

7 Seven people are to occupy consecutive seats in a theatre. In how many ways can this be done if

(a) there are no restrictions?

(b) two people A and B sit at opposite ends of the row of seven seats?

(c) two people A and B sit together?

(d) two people A and B do not sit together?

8. A number of four different digits is formed by using the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.7 in all possible ways. How
many of these are greater than 3400?

9. Find the number of numbers less than 1000 and divisible by 5, which can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no digit being repeated in any number.
10 How many arrangements of the letters of the word IRRIGATION are there?

11 How many arrangements of the letters in the following words are possible?

(a) SYDNEY (b) GEOMETRY (c) EXCELLENCE

12 show that the number of ways in which n books can be arranged on a shelf so that two particular books are never
together is (n-2). (n-1)!

13 in how many ways can the letter of the word STRANGE be arranged so that

a. The vowels are never separated

b. The vowels never come together

14 How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word LOGARITHMS so that

a. The letter L always occupies the first place

b. The L and S occupy , respectively , the first and the last place

c. The vowels are always together

d. The vowels always occupy even places

e. The letter T, H, M are never together


15 How many words can be formed by the letters of the word EXAMINATION taken together? How many of
them have no two vowels coming together,

16. If the letter of the word WOMAN be permuted and the words so formed be arranged as in dictionary. What
will be the rank of word WOMAN?

17. The letter of the word ZENITH are written in all possible order and these words are written down as a
dictionary. Find the rank of the word Zenith.

18. In how many ways can 5 person be seated at a round table conference?

19. 20 persons are invited for a party. In how many different ways can they and the host be seated in a circular
table?

In how many of these ways will 2 particular persons be seated on either side of the host?

20. Round table conference is to be organized for 20 delegates. In how many ways can they be seated if two
particular delegates are?

A. always to sit together

B. never to sit together

21. In how many ways can 4 boys and 3 girls are seated in a row so that

A. All the girls sit together

B. No two girls sit together

22. In how many ways can 8 examination papers be arranged so that the best and the worst papers never come
together?

23. If 6 times the number of permutation of N objects taken 3 at a time is equal to 7 times the number of
permutations of N - 1 object taken 3 at a time. Find the value of n?

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