PC123 Permutations, Combinations and Name:

Fundamental Counting Principle

Assignment Math 30-1 Section:

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1. Josh wants to rent a car. He has narrowed his choices to a
sedan, a compact or an economy car. The colors available
are black, red or white. He may also choose between a
standard or an automatic transmission. Determine the
number of options Josh has. [B]
2. Determine how many licence plates are possible that
contain 4 English letters followed by any 3 digits if no
repetitions of letters are allowed? [D]

3. Determine the number of different 4-digit or 5-digit PIN 4. There are 8 MLA’s and 13 MP’s travelling on a winter
numbers that can be formed using only the digits 2, 3, 4, 6, break trip. Determine the number of ways that 3 MLA’s
7, and 8 with no repetitions within a single PIN. [D] and 11 MP’s could take a trip to Hawaii on the same plane?
[D]

5. Determine the number of unique ways to arrange all letters 6. Determine the number of different arrangements using all
in the word ECCENTRICITY where the arrangement the letters in the word VERIFY in which the vowels are
must begin with a consonant? [P] next to each other. [P]
7. Algebraically determine the value for a: 8. At Robert Thirsk high school, Ms. Fitz forms a group of 16
students comprised of 7 singers and 9 actors, a 6-person
𝒂+𝟐𝑪𝒂 =𝟔 [P]
executive team is selected to run the production. Determine
how many executive teams are possible that have at most 2
singers. [E]

9. Consider the letters in the word SMILE and FROG. 10. A student is asked to identity which two of the expressions
Determine the number of four-letter arrangements that are below are equivalent to aCb, where a,b ∈ N, a > b.
possible using any 2 letters from the word SMILE and any
2 letters from the word FROG? [E]

State two expressions from the above list that are equivalent to
aCb. Explain why they are equivalent to aCb. [E]