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Assignment 7 Engineering Data Analysis

This document provides examples of scenarios involving permutations and combinations and asks the reader to identify which is which. It also asks the reader to calculate the number of possibilities for each scenario. There are 10 scenarios provided as examples covering a variety of situations involving teams, trips, elections, and handshakes. The document is a worksheet to help distinguish between permutations and combinations and practice calculating the number of possibilities for each.

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Assignment 7 Engineering Data Analysis

This document provides examples of scenarios involving permutations and combinations and asks the reader to identify which is which. It also asks the reader to calculate the number of possibilities for each scenario. There are 10 scenarios provided as examples covering a variety of situations involving teams, trips, elections, and handshakes. The document is a worksheet to help distinguish between permutations and combinations and practice calculating the number of possibilities for each.

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Permutations vs Combinations
State if each scenario involves a permutation or a combination.
1) A team of 8 basketball players 2) Rob and Mary are planning trips to
needs to choose a captain and co- nine countries this year. There are
captain. 13 countries they would like to
visit. They are deciding which
countries to skip.
-Permutation -Combination

2) The batting order for seven players on a 4) There are 45 applicants for three
12-person team. Computer Programmer positions.

-Permutation -Combination

State if each scenario involves a permutation or a combination. Then find the number of

possibilities.

5) Castel and Joe are planning trips to three countries this year. There are 7 countries they
would like to visit. One trip will be one weeklong, another two days, and the other two
weeks.

7 𝑃3 = 210

6) You are setting the combination on a three-digit lock. You want to use the numbers 123
but don't care what order they are in.

3 𝑃3 =6

7) A team of 17 softball players needs to choose three players to refill the water cooler.

17 𝐶3 = 680
8) The student body of 10 students wants to elect a president, vice president, secretary, and
treasurer.

10 𝑃4 = 5040

9) There are 15 applicants for four jobs: Computer Programmer, Software Tester,
Manager, and Systems Engineer.

15 𝑃4 = 32,760

10) There are 110 people at the meeting. They each shake hands with
everyone else. How many handshakes were there?

110 𝐶2 = 5,995

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