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PROBLEM SOLVING

A. Construct a tree diagram and find the possible outcomes of the following.
1. Student of Banaran National High School are required to undergo medical check-up at Banaran Health Center once
a year. Find the number of ways in which student may be classified in the categories include 1. blood type (AB, A, B,
O) 2. sex(male or female) 3, Blood pressure (high, normal, low).
2. Student are classified according to gender (male or female), status (regular or irregular), and field of specialization
(Mathematics, Physics, Business, and Language). Determine the total number of of possible classification of student.
3. A coin is tossed four-times. What is the total possible outcomes?
4. In a birthday party, a guest has a choice of juice drink ( orange, buko, mango) and dessert (leche flan, ube, or fruit
salad). How many distinct juice-dessert pair are possible.

B. Find the probability of the following questions.


1. Sara collects stamps from different countries. She has 10 different stamp from China, 5 from Thailand, 3 from
France, 6 from USA, and 1 from Venezuela. Her sister Linda borrow a stamp for a school assignment. What is the
probability that the stamp Linda borrows is from;
a. Thailand
b. China and France
c. USA, Venezuela, France
2. Jess has a bag with 6 red, 4 blue, and 8 green marbles. What is the probability that a marble chosen from a random;
a. not a red marble
b. blue and red marbles
c. a red marble
3. if you flip four coins, what is the probability of getting;
a. 3 heads and 1 tail
b. 2 heads and 2 tail
c. 1 head and 3 tails
4. If a card is selected at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting;
a. king
b. speed card
c. king, queen, and jack
5. a pair of dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting;
a. tween number will appear
b. Factor of 6
c. factor of 3

C. Identify whether it is a permutation or Combination and solve.


1. 5 books in Mathematics, 3 in Physics, and 2 in Chemistry are to be arrange on a shelf that has space just enough for
these 10 books. How many ways can they arranged.
2. A list of all possible ways of arranging four-digit numbers from a set of the first six counting numbers, repetition of
digit is not allowed.
3. Suppose there are four cards numbered with digits 2,3,4, and 5. how many three-digit numbers can formed by
placing the three cards side by side.
4. How many four-letter words can be formed using the letter of the word BREAKDOWN?
5. How many distinct permutations are there for the word PHILIPPINES?
6. How many permutation can be made by using all the letter of the word INSTITUTION?
7. In how many ways can a committee of 5 be chosen from 8 pupils.
8. The coach of the winning basketball team chooses 3 of the 15 members to be interviewed by a sport reporter. In
how many ways can the members to be interviewed be chosen.
9. there are 5 defective light bulbs and 55 functioning light bulb in the bin. The possible combinations include.
a. 4 defective light bulbs and 2 functioning light bulbs
b. 5 defective light bulbs and 1 functioning light bulb
10. A committee of 8 consisting of 3 girls and 5 boys is to be chosen from a class with 15 girls and 10 boys. How
many distinct committee are possible to form.

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