Assignment 7 Engineering Data Analysis
Assignment 7 Engineering Data Analysis
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.
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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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