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12 Permutation & Combination

The document provides 10 practice problems about permutations and combinations. The problems involve selecting letters from words, choosing numbers or players for teams, and arranging objects with certain restrictions. For each problem, the number of possible arrangements or selections is calculated and provided as the answer. The document is a study guide for the Additional Mathematics SPM 2008 exam topic on permutations and combinations.

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12 Permutation & Combination

The document provides 10 practice problems about permutations and combinations. The problems involve selecting letters from words, choosing numbers or players for teams, and arranging objects with certain restrictions. For each problem, the number of possible arrangements or selections is calculated and provided as the answer. The document is a study guide for the Additional Mathematics SPM 2008 exam topic on permutations and combinations.

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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS SPM 2008 ______________________


TOPIC 12:

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1. Four letters have to be selected from the word POINTS. Find the number of different possible arrangements such that (a) the arrangement begins with S, (b) the arrangement has no S.

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________ 2. Four letters have to be selected from word PERFECTIONIST. Find the number of different possible arrangement such that (a) the arrangement with only vowels (b) the arrangement ends with P and consist of consonants only.

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________ 3. How many 4-digit numbers can be formed from digits 2 to 9 if (a) repetition is not allow (b) the number has to be bigger than 6000 and no repetition is allow?.

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________

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4. Five letters have to be selected from word AEROPLANE. Find the number of different possible arrangement such that (a) the arrangement consist of only vowels. (b) the arrangement only have vowels at the beginning and the end

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________ 5. A basketball match consists of 6 main players. If a player are to be selected from 12 players, find (a) how many ways to get the first six players? (b) how many ways if Meng, Ali and Singh must be included? .

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________ 6. A club has 25 pupils. In how many ways can we choose a team of (a) highest committee consists of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer (b) 4 ordinary committee members.

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________

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7. There are 10 teachers and 15 parents at the Parent-Teachers Association meeting. Find the number of different committee consists of 4 teachers and 6 parents can be formed.

Answer: ________________

8. Four committee members of the Science Society of Sekolah Menengah Cyber are chosen from 6 boys and 4 girls. Find the number of ways to form the 4-member committee that has (a) an equal number of boys and girls. (b) only boys.

Answer: (a) ________________ (b) ________________ 9. A test paper consists of section A and section B. How many combinations of questions if students are to answer 3 out of 4 questions from section A and 2 out of 5 questions from section B?

Answer: __________________

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WAJA JPN Perak 2008 10. A sales girl is to arrange 4 pairs of shoes on a shelf. She has 7 pairs of shoes branded A, B, C, D, E, F and G. How many ways can she arrange the shoes if none of the brand can be repeated?

Answer: ________________

Answer: 1. 60, 120 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 30, 105 1680, 840 3 0, 30 924, 84 303 600, 5985 1 051 050 90, 15 40 840

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