Sunday, 10 July 2016

Exercise - Permutation and Combination



EXERCISE - PERMUTATION

1. Find the total number of different permutations of all the letters of the word
a)      SIMPLE
b)      SECONDARY


2. In a survey, 10 characteristic of teacher are listed. You are asked to indicate in order of importance of which 4 of these characteristic make a good teacher. How many possible responses are there? 


3. Amy, Brian, Cheryl, Danny and Eric went to a concert. How many arrangement are possible when they sit in five adjacent seats if
a)      Eric insists on sitting next to Cheryl?
b)      Brian Refuses Sitting next to Danny?


4. 9 different books are to be arranged on a bookshelf. 4 of these books were written by Shakespeare, 2 by Dickens and 3 by Conrad. How many possible permutations are there if
a)      The books by Conrad must be next to each other?
b)      The books by Dickens are separate from each other?
c)      The books by Conrad are separate from each other?


5. In how many ways can a judge award first, second and third prizes in a contest with 9 participants?



EXERCISE - COMBINATION

1. In a soccer league consisting of twelve sides, each team plays every other team once. How many matches are there?


2. A club has 14 members. It has to send delegation of 5 members to represent them at a particular event. Find the number of possible delegations.


3. Seven points lie on a circle. How many triangles can be drawn using any 3 of these points as vertices?


4. Find different letters are chosen from the letter A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Find the number of choices. How many of these choices contain:
a)      Exactly 3 consonants,
b)      No vowels,
c)      At least one vowel?


5.  A chess club has 10 members of whom 6 are men and 4 are women. A team of 4 members is selected to play in match. Find the number of different ways of selecting the team if:
a)      All the players are to be of the gender,
b)      There must be an equal number of men and women.
            Given that the 6 men include 2 brothers, find the total numbers of ways in which the team can be  
            selected if either of the brothers, but not both, must be included.

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