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This document provides examples of solving combination problems. It shows the step-by-step workings for finding the number of possible combinations when forming committees or groups from pools of people, as well as other word problems involving combinations.

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Combination

This document provides examples of solving combination problems. It shows the step-by-step workings for finding the number of possible combinations when forming committees or groups from pools of people, as well as other word problems involving combinations.

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Example 2.

Playing Lotto
Lotto is a game of chance which is played by choosing six different numbers from 1 to 42. How many
different bets are possible?
Solution:
The problem is an example of combination because the order on how the 6 numbers are chosen is not
important.
nCr = 𝑛!/𝑟!(𝑛−𝑟)! using the formula
42C6 = 42!/6!(42−6)! let n = 42 and r = 6
42C6 = 5,245,786 simplify
Thus, there are 5,245,786 bets possible.
Example 3. Creating Committees
How many different committees of 4 people can be formed from a pool of 7 people?
Solution:
It’s a combination problem because there is no order of the members required in the committee. Since we are to
form a group of 4 from 7 people then, we will use combination with n =7 and r= 4.
7C4 = 7!/4!(7−4)!
7C4 = 35
There are 35 different committees.
Example 4. Creating Committees
How many different committees consisting of 8 people can be formed from 12 men and 9 women if the
number of men and the number of women as members are equal?
Solution: Since the committee needs equal numbers of men and women to form a committee with 8 members,
then, the number of men and number of women are both 4. These 4 men and 4 women will be chosen using the
concept of combination since the order of being chosen is not important.
12C4 - the number of ways that 4 men will be chosen from 12 men.
9C4 – the number of ways that 4 women will be chosen from 9 women.
After which, apply FCP by multiplying the two combination results in order to get desired result.
12C4 ∙ 9C4 = (495)(126)
= 62,370
There are 62,370 different committees.
Example 5. Creating Committees
A committee of 3 members is to be formed from 6 women and 5 men. The committee must include at
least 2 women. In how many ways can this be done?
Solution: Since the committee needs at least 2 women to form a committee of 3 members, then the number of
women needed in the committee could either be 2 or 3. So, if there are 2 women in the group, then it needs 1
man to complete the number of members in the committee. If there are 3 women in the group, then, the
committee is already complete.
6C2 ∙ 5C1 - apply FCP to get the number of ways to form a committee with 2 women and 1 man
6C3 ∙ 5C0 - apply FCP to get the number of ways to form a committee with 3 women and 0 man
Afterwhich, add the combination results to get the desired result.
(6C2 ∙ 5C1) + (6C3 ∙ 5C0) = (15∙5) + (20∙1)
= 75 + 20
= 95
There are 95 different committees
QUIZ: Evaluate the following combination problems.

Instruction: First group yourselves into a group consisting of 5 members, then get one whole sheet of paper
and write the names of the members on the top left of the paper and the grade and section on the top-right of the
paper. Lastly, cooperate with your group as much as you can, Good luck and God bless.

1. How many combinations of three letters can be made from the letters A, L, G, O, R, I, T, H, M, S?
2. There are 12 persons inside a room. If each person is paired with another person to dance cha- cha, how many
pairs of dancers are there in all?
3. From the letters of the word LINEARS, in how many ways can one consonant and two vowels be chosen?
4. I have 6 coins in my purse; 1 five-centavo coin, 1 ten-centavo coin, 1 one-peso coin, 1 five-peso coin, 1 ten-
peso coin and twenty-peso coin. If I pull out 4 coins, how many different amounts of the four pulled coins are
possible?
5. A box contain 7 distinct red balls and 5 distinct blue balls. In how many ways can 5 balls be drawn randomly
from the box if:
a. the color is not considered?
b. 3 balls is red and 2 is blue?
c. all five balls are red?
6. How many chords can be drawn given 8 points on a circle?
7. A dance instructor asks each student to do 6 out of the 12 dance routines. Of the 12 dance routines, 4 are
easy, 5 are moderately difficult and 3 are difficult. In how many ways can a student select each of the following
for the 4 dance routines?
a. 4 moderately difficult routines
b. 2 moderately difficult and 2 difficult routines
c. 1 easy and 3 difficult routines
8. From a deck of 52 playing cards, 7 cards are to be drawn. How many sets of 7 cards are possible if:
a. there is no restriction?
b. there are 2 aces and 3 jacks?
c. all cards are black?
d. all cards are diamonds?

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