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Fundamental Counting Principle

1. The document discusses the fundamental counting principle for determining the number of possible outcomes when choosing objects with multiple characteristics. 2. It provides examples of using the principle to calculate the number of possible outfits, license plates, and other combinations. 3. The fundamental counting principle states that the number of possible outcomes is calculated by multiplying the number of options for each characteristic.

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Fundamental Counting Principle

1. The document discusses the fundamental counting principle for determining the number of possible outcomes when choosing objects with multiple characteristics. 2. It provides examples of using the principle to calculate the number of possible outfits, license plates, and other combinations. 3. The fundamental counting principle states that the number of possible outcomes is calculated by multiplying the number of options for each characteristic.

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OBJECTIVE
1.revisit the fundamental
counting principle
Factorials
Arrangements of Objects
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GROUP ACTIVITY
Given the two sets of situations, let
the students find the answer by using
different methods or strategies such
as listing, tree diagram or making a
table.
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SET A
A close friend invited Anna to her birthday
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party. Anna has 4 new blouses (stripes, with


ruffles, long-sleeved, and sleeveless) and 3
skirts (red, pink, and black) in her closet
reserved for such occasions. Assuming that
any skirt can be paired with any blouse, in
how many ways can Anna select her outfit?
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List the possibilities.
SET B
Suppose you secured your bike using a
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combination lock. Later, you realized that


you forgot the 4-digit code. You only
remembered that the code contains the digits
1, 3, 4, and 7.
1. List all the possible codes out of the given
digits. 5
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Illustrative Examples
1.A student is to roll a die and flip a
coin. How many possible outcomes
will there be?
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2.For a college interview, Robert has
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to choose what to wear from the


following: 4 slacks, 3 shirts, 2 shoes
and 5 ties. How many possible
outfits does he have to choose from?
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3. How many two-digit numbers
can be made from the set
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{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}? (numbers can’t


start with 0.)
4. How many two-digit numbers that
do not contain repeated digits can be
made from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} ?
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Evaluate each expression.


a) 4! b) (4 – 1)!
c. d. 3!2!
6. How many ways can you

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line up 6 different books on a
shelf?
7. Creation of license plates. You 11
11 have 6 slots to fill. This time, the
first two slots must be letters (26
choices) and the remaining 4 slots
must be numbers (10 choices
each). How many license plates
you can make?
Fundamental Counting Principle can 12
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be used determine the number of possible
outcomes when there are two or more
characteristics .
The fundamental counting principle is
a mathematical rule that allows you to
find the number of ways that a
combination of events can occur.
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Factorial
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For any counting number n, the product
of all counting numbers from n down
through 1 is called n factorial, and is
denoted n!.
For any counting number n, the quantity n
factorial is given by
 
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Seatwork
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Answer pages 284-285


Activity 2: Count me In.
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Short quiz #1
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1. You have 3 shirts and 4 pants.
How many different outfits can
you make?
A. 3 B. 7
C. 7 D. 12
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2. Suppose the slots represent courses
in a meal you're going to order. If there
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are 3 courses, you might have 2 soup


choices, and 4 salad choices and 10
beverage choices. How many unique
3-course meals you can make?
A. 16 B. 8 C. 40 D. 80
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3. Sarah goes to her local pizza parlor and
orders a pizza. She can choose either a
large or a medium pizza, has a choice of
seven different toppings, and can have
three different choices of crust. How
many different pizzas could Sarah order?
A. 21 B. 42 C. 12 D. 24
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4. What is 0!
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A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 0
5. What is ?
A. 11 B. 12
C. 13 D. 0
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Assignment
Define the following:
1. Permutation
2. Distinguishable permutation
3. Circular Permutation

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