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Permutation and Combinations: - Questions

This document provides examples and solutions to permutation and combination problems. It includes: 1) Examples of finding the number of ways to send birthday cards to friends, arrange books on a shelf, and arrange books of different genres together. 2) Examples involving cards, balls in a bag, and drawing chords on a circle. 3) Problems related to selecting members of a cricket team and committee. 4) Counting the number of words that can be formed from given letters with or without repetition. The document demonstrates the use of permutation and combination formulas to calculate the number of possible outcomes for different scenarios.

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Permutation and Combinations: - Questions

This document provides examples and solutions to permutation and combination problems. It includes: 1) Examples of finding the number of ways to send birthday cards to friends, arrange books on a shelf, and arrange books of different genres together. 2) Examples involving cards, balls in a bag, and drawing chords on a circle. 3) Problems related to selecting members of a cricket team and committee. 4) Counting the number of words that can be formed from given letters with or without repetition. The document demonstrates the use of permutation and combination formulas to calculate the number of possible outcomes for different scenarios.

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Permutation and

Combinations
-Questions
Formula
• Selection is Combination
n
Cr =
• Arrangement is Permutation
n
Pr =
Suppose you have 6 happy birthday cards for
your friends and you want to send them to 4 of
your friends.
In how many ways you can send these cards to
4 of your friends?
Solution:-
n=6 and r=4
6
P4 =360 ways
Suppose you want to arrange your English,
Hindi, Marathi and Konkani books on a
shelf.
In how many ways you can do it?
Solution:-
n=4 r=4
4
P4 = 24 ways
In a library there are 4 books on fairy tale, 5
books on novels and 3 books on plays.
In how many ways you can arrange these so
that the books on fairy tales are together in one
place, The novels are together and plays are
together in one place?
Solution:-
4
P4 x 5P5 x 3P3 = 17280 ways
Determine the number of card combinations
of two cards out of a pack of 52 cards.
If there is exactly 1 ace in each combination
( 3 cards)
Solution:-
4
C1 x 48C1 = 4 x 48 =192 ways
A bag contains 5 black and 6 red balls.
Determine the number of ways in which 2
black balls and 3 red balls can be selected ?
Solution:-
5
C2 x 6C3 = 200 ways
How many chords can be drawn through 21 points
on a circle?
Solution:-
We get a chord by joining two points so
21
C2 =210 ways
The Indian cricket team consist of 16 players.
It includes 2 wicket keepers and 5 bowlers.
In how many ways you can select a cricket team of 11 players if you
have to select 1 wicket keeper and at least 4 bowlers?
Solution:-
No of ways of selecting 1 wk, 4 bwlrs and other players
2
C1 x 5C4 x 9C6 =840
No of ways of selecting 1 wk, 5 bwlrs and other players
2
C1 x 5C5 x 9C5 =252
840 + 252 =1092 ways
How many words with or without meaning ca be
made from the letters of the word “MONDAY”
assuming that no letter is repeated if
a) All letters are used
b)All letters are used but the first letter is a
vowel
Solution:-
a) 6P6 = 720
b) 2P1 x 5P5 = 240 ways
A committee of 7 members has to be formed from
9 boys and 4 girls.
In how many ways can this be done . When the
committee consists of:
a] exactly 3 girls
b] At least 3 girls
c] At most 3 girls
Solution:-
a] 4C3 x 9C4= 504 ways
b] C3 x C4 + C4 x C3 = 588 ways
4 9 4 9

c] 4C0 x 9C7 + 4C1 x 9C6 +4C2 x 9C5 + 4C3 x 9C4 =


1632
In how many ways you can arrange the letters of the
word “BLACK”
Solution:-
5
P5 = 120 ways
How many words can be formed using the
letters of word “suggests”?
Solution:-
s3
g2
= =

= 840 ways
The End

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