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This document appears to be a quiz from a probability course. It contains 5 problems assessing concepts like combinations, permutations, and counting principles. For problem 5, the student is asked to calculate the number of outcomes where both married couples (Bob and Catherine, Doug and Edna) are not sitting together at a circular table, out of a total of 24 possible seating arrangements. The student's solution is that the number of such outcomes is 24 - 2 × 2 × 2, or 24 - 8 = 16.

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Mathematics Problems With Solution

This document appears to be a quiz from a probability course. It contains 5 problems assessing concepts like combinations, permutations, and counting principles. For problem 5, the student is asked to calculate the number of outcomes where both married couples (Bob and Catherine, Doug and Edna) are not sitting together at a circular table, out of a total of 24 possible seating arrangements. The student's solution is that the number of such outcomes is 24 - 2 × 2 × 2, or 24 - 8 = 16.

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MATH 230 Probability: Quiz 1

S. Bashir
February 6, 2019

Roll number: 20 - -0

Problem 1 2 points
If 4 Maths books are selected from 6 different Maths books and 3 English books
are chosen from 5 different English books, how many ways can the seven books be
arranged on a shelf if the 4 Maths books remain together?

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Solution:

6
P4 ×5 C3 × 4!
or 6 C4 × 4! ×5 C3 × 4!

Problem 2 5 points
How many numbers greater than 23,000 can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, and
6 without repeating any digit?

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Solution:

Case 1: Numbers > 23, 000 but below 30,0000. The first digit, being restricted to
2, has only 1 choice. The second digit, either 3, 5 or 6, will have 3 choices. Excluding
the first two digits used, there are 3 choices for the remaining 3 digits. Hence, number
of ways = 1 × 3 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 18
Case 2: Numbers > 30, 000. The first digit has 3 choices. Excluding the first
digit used, there are 4 choices for the remaining 4 digits. Hence, number of ways
= 3 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 72
Problem 5 2

Total number of ways = 18 + 72 = 90

Problem 3 1 points
Six rocks are sitting in a straight line. We paint them, using up to three colors (say,
R’s, W’s, and B’s). Which of these are the number of outcomes that are possible: 36
or 63 ?

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Solution:

36

Problem 4 2 points
Consider a collection of 4 suite-mates A, B, C, & D. Two of the suite-mates decide
to go together to the store on Friday.

a. How many outcomes are there for the pair of Friday shoppers? List the sample
space.

b. How many events are there for the pair of Friday shoppers in part a above?

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Solution:

a. 4 C2 = 6; S = (AB), (AC), (AD), (BC), (BD), (CD).

b. 26

MATH 230 Probability Quiz 1


Problem 5 3

Problem 5 2 points
Alice, Bob, Catherine, Doug, and Edna are randomly assigned seats at a circular
table in a perfectly circular room. Assume that rotations of the table do not matter,
so there are exactly 24 possible outcomes in the sample space. Bob and Catherine
are married. Doug and Edna are married. In how many of these 24 outcomes are
both married couples not sitting together?

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Solution:

24 − 2 × 2 × 2

MATH 230 Probability Quiz 1

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