WorkSHEET 11.

1 Combinatorics Name: ____________________________

1 A menu consists of 3 different entrées, 6 Multiplication principle:

different main courses and 2 different sweets. Number of different meal selections = 3  6  2
If a customer chooses one entrée, one main = 36
course and one sweet, how many different meal
selections are possible?

2 For the menu in question 1, some customers Multiplication principle and addition principle:
prefer to have just the entrée and main course, (entrée and main course) or (main course and
and others prefer just the main course and sweets) or (all three).
sweets. Taking into account these selections as Number of different meal selections
well, how many different menu possibilities are =36+62+362
there? = 18 + 12 + 36
= 66

3 A formal hire company has 5 different colours Multiplication principle:

of trousers, 3 different jacket colours and 6 Number of different outfits
different ties. How many different outfits =536
consisting of trousers, jacket and tie are = 90
possible?

4 To access a computer requires the input of a Number of codes = 26  26  26  26  26  26

6-letter code. How many different codes of this = 308 915 776
type are possible? (Assume letters can be
repeated.)

5 A gallery assistant is required to arrange 6 Number of possibilities = 6  5  4  3  2  1

works of art in a row on a wall for an art = 720
exhibition. How many different possibilities
are there?

6 The director of the gallery in the previous Number of arrangements

question has a liking for 2 particular works of =214321
art and advises the gallery assistant to place = 48
these closest to the entrance (first 2 places).
How many arrangements are now possible?

7 Five men and six women sit alternately in a Number of arrangements

row at a concert. How many different =65544332211
arrangements are possible? = 86 400

8 Evaluate:
11! 11! 11  10  9  8!

8! 8! 8!
= 990

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9 Evaluate 6! + 3!. 6! + 3!  6  5  4  3! + 3!
= 3! (6  5  4 + 1)
= 6  121
= 726

10
Solve for n:
n  1 !  182 n  1n  2n  3 !  182
n  3 ! n  3 !
( n  1)( n  2)  182
n 2  3n  2  182
n 2  3n  180  0
n  15n  12   0
n  15 or n  12
n  15 is the only solution.

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