Permu Ntation
Permu Ntation
Mathematics 10
C H A P T E R 6 : C O M B I N AT O R I C S
PERMUTATIO
N
Permutation
REMEMBER
𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 .
Permutation of n objects taken r at
a time 𝒏!
𝑷 ( 𝒏 ,𝒓 ) =
(𝒏−𝒓 )!
𝟓 ! 𝟓 ! 𝟓 ∙𝟒 ∙ 𝟑
Example𝑷 ( 𝟓 , 𝟐 ) = ¿ ¿ ¿𝟓∙𝟒
( 𝟓 − 𝟐 ) !𝟑 ! 𝟑
1.
Evaluate
P(5,2) n = ¿ 𝟐𝟎
r =
5
2
Example
2. Evaluate
P(10,3)
Example
3. In how many different ways can 4 cars be parked if
there are 10 available parking spaces?
FORMULA
: 𝒏!
𝑷=
𝒑 !𝒒!𝒓 ! …
Example
1.In how many ways can the letters of the word
n “LEGEND”?
= E = 𝒏!
L = 𝑷 =
6 2 𝒑 !𝒒!𝒓 ! …
G
1 =
N =
1 𝟔!
¿
D =
1 𝟐!
1
𝟔 ∙𝟓 ∙ 𝟒 ∙𝟑 ∙ 𝟐 !
¿
𝟐!
¿ 𝟑𝟔𝟎
Example
2. In how many ways can the letters of the word
“SUCCESS” be arranged?
Example
3. In how many ways can 3 red balls and 4 yellow
balls be arranged in a row?
Circular Permutation
FORMULA
: ( 𝒏 − 𝟏) !
Example
1. A spinner be divided 15 equal parts, how many
ways can you arrange 5 colors in it?
Example
3. Snow white arranges the seven dwarfs around a
a. How many ways many
can she arrange
– pole?
b. In how manythem?
ways can she do it if Doc & Sleepy
are to be together?
Example
3.
How many ways can the letters in the word ONLINE
a. The letter E and Obe arranged
are togetherif:
LESSON 2
COMBINATIO
N
Combinations
𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 .
Combination of n objects taken r at
a time 𝒏!
❑𝒏 𝑪 𝒓 =
(𝒏− 𝒓 ) ! 𝒓 !
Example❑𝟕 𝑪 𝟒= 𝟕 ! 𝟕 ! 𝟕 ∙𝟔 ∙ 𝟓∙ 𝟒 !
¿ ¿
1. ( 𝟕− 𝟒 ) ! 𝟒 ! 𝟑 ! 𝟒 ! 𝟑 ! 𝟒 !
Evaluate
n = 𝟐𝟏𝟎
¿
r = 𝟔
7
4 ¿ 𝟑𝟓
Example
1. Six officers of the Mathematics Club are in a
conference room. If each one shakes hands with
each of the others once, how many handshakes
Example are possible?
3.
A cartoon of 20 compact disks contain 5 pirated and
15 original disks. In how many ways can an inspector
a. Get the one that 3
choose isof
pirated?
the compact disks and
b. Get two of the pirated disks?
c. None of the pirated disks?
PERMUTATIONS COMBINATIONS
- Order is important. - Order is NOT
important.
For example, say your locker “combo” is 5432.
If your locker
worked truly
by
combination,
you could
enter any of
the
permutations
PERMUTATIONS COMBINATIONS
- Order is important. - Order is NOT
important.
Given 4 letters P, Q, R, S. Take 3 letters at a time.
There are P(4,3) = 24 𝒏!
❑𝒏 𝑪 𝒓=
PQR PQS
permutations PRS QRS (𝒏− 𝒓 ) ! 𝒓 !
PRQ PSQ PSR QSR 𝟒!
QRP QSP RSP RSQ ❑𝟒 𝑪 𝟑 =
𝟏! 𝟑 !
QPR QPS RPS RQS
𝟐𝟒
RPQ SPQ SPR SQR ❑𝟒 𝑪 𝟑 =
𝟔
RQP SQP SRP SRQ ❑𝟒 𝑪 𝟑 =𝟒
Analyze each situation if it is asking for a combination or
permutation.
1. In how many ways can five cars line up
PERMUTATION
for a race?
2. In how many ways can five players for a team be
COMBINATION
chosen from seven players?