Homework 85

positive integers with exactly three 9’s in their decimal the remaining 4 digits, giving 7 · 84 = 28672 such
representation. integers.

8. There is obviously only 1 such positive integer. 10. We have 6 choices for the first digit and 7 choices for
the remaining 4 digits, giving 6 · 74 = 14406 such
☞Observe that integers.
37512 = 29889 + 6804 + 774 + 44 + 1. 11. We use inclusion-exclusion. From figure 5.10, the
numbers inside the circles add up to 85854. Thus the
9. We have 7 choices for the first digit and 8 choices for desired number is 90000 − 85854 = 4146.

Homework

544 Problem Verify the following. 554 Problem How many subsets of the set {a, b, c, d, e} have an odd number of
  elements?
20
➊ = 1140
3
555 Problem (AHSME 1994) Nine chairs in a row are to be occupied by six students
   and Professors Alpha, Beta and Gamma. These three professors arrive before the six
12 12 students and decide to choose their chairs so that each professor will be between two
➋ = 457380
4 6 students. In how many ways can Professors Alpha, Beta and Gamma choose their
chairs?
n


➌
1
n

=1
556 Problem There are E (different) English novels, F (different) French novels, S
n−1
(different) Spanish novels, and I (different) Italian novels on a shelf. How many
 different permutations are there if
n n(n − 1)
➍ = ➊ if there are no restrictions?
2 2
   ➋ if all books of the same language must be together?
6 6 6
➎ + + = 25 . ➌ if all the Spanish novels must be together?
1 3 6
    ➍ if no two Spanish novels are adjacent?
7 7 7 7
➏ + + = 26 −
0 2 4 6 ➎ if all the Spanish novels must be together, and all the English novels must be
together, but no Spanish novel is next to an English novel?

545 Problem A publisher proposes to issue a set of dictionaries to translate from any
one language to any other. If he confines his system to ten languages, how many 557 Problem How many committees of seven with a given chairman can be selected
dictionaries must be published? from twenty people?

558 Problem How many committees of seven with a given chairman and a given
546 Problem From a group of 12 people—7 of which are men and 5 women—in how
secretary can be selected from twenty people? Assume the chairman and the secretary
many ways may choose a committee of 4 with 1 man and 3 women?
are different persons.

547 Problem N friends meet and shake hands with one another. How many 559 Problem (AHSME 1990) How many of the numbers
handshakes?
100, 101, . . . ,999,

548 Problem How many 4-letter words can be made by taking 4 letters of the word
RETICULA and permuting them?
549 Problem (AHSME 1989) Mr. and Mrs. Zeta want to name baby Zeta so that its
monogram (first, middle and last initials) will be in alphabetical order with no letters
repeated. How many such monograms are possible?
550 Problem In how many ways can {1, 2, 3, 4} be written as the union of two
non-empty, disjoint subsets?
551 Problem How many lists of 3 elements taken from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} list the
elements in increasing order?
have three different digits in increasing order or in decreasing order?
560 Problem There are twenty students in a class. In how many ways can the twenty
students take five different tests if four of the students are to take each test?
561 Problem In how many ways can a deck of playing cards be arranged if no two
hearts are adjacent?
562 Problem Given a positive integer n, find the number of quadruples (a, b, c, d, )
such that 0 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c ≤ d ≤ n.
563 Problem There are T books on Theology, L books on Law and W books on
Witchcraft on Dr. Faustus’ shelf. In how many ways may one order the books

552 Problem How many times is the digit 3 listed in the numbers 1 to 1000? ➊ there are no constraints in their order?

➋ all books of a subject must be together?

553 Problem How many subsets of the set {a, b, c, d, e} have exactly 3 elements? ➌ no two books on Witchcraft are juxtaposed?