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01 Lesson 1 Arrangements and Binomial Expansion
01 Lesson 1 Arrangements and Binomial Expansion
board. How many different arrangements are there for the pens?
Hole 1 4 choices 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
Hole 2 3 choices
Hole 3 2 choices
Hole 4 1 choices
4! = 24
No. arrangements = n! = n(n 1)(n 2)1
3 Coin example:
C1, C2 and C3
C1
C2
C3
120 ways
10 ways
Classwork
Ex
1A p10
p q 3
p q 3 p q p q p q
p 3 3 p 2 q 3 pq 2 q 3
p q
p q p q p q
If we take one term from each of the brackets and multiply them together, the possible arrangements are:
pqq = pq2
pqp = p2q qqq = q3 qqp = pq2 qpp = p2q qpq = pq2
p 3 p q 3 pq q
3 2 2
p q
3
p q p q p q
2 2 3
p 3 p q 3 pq q
p3q0 p2q1 p1q2
p0q3
3! 1 3!0!
3! 3 2!1!
3! 3 1!2!
3! 1 0!3!
3! p r q ( 3 r ) r!3 r !
p q
n! r ( nr ) pq r!n r !
for r = 0, 1, , n
Example 1.
p5
p4 q p3q 2 p2q 3 pq4 q5
p q
p 5 5 p 4 q 10 p 3 q 2 10 p 2 q 3 5 pq 4 q 5
Example 1.