REVIEW COMBINATION

Things you should know

Combinations

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In combinations, the order of the selection doesn’t matter.

 Exercise 1
A committee of 3 men and 3 women is to be chosen from 4 men and 6
women. William is one of the 4 men and Marry is one of the 6 women. Find
the number of different committees that can be chosen if
a) William and Mary refuse to be on the committee together.
b) William and Mary are either both in the team or both not in the team.

Mary William
 Exercise 2
In how many different ways of selecting objects for:
(a) 5 pencils from 15 pencils in a bookstore
(b) 4 vanilla cookies from 10 cookies in a shop

Exercise 3
Find how many different selections of 3 women and 5 men from 5 women
and 8 men if
(a) More Women than Men
(b) Exactly 3 Woman and 5 Men
(c) At least 2 Women
 Exercise 4
Four letters are selected from the letter in the word SEATWORK. How
many different selections can be made if:
(a) There are no restrictions.
(b) The letter S and K must be included on the selection.

Exercise 5
Four letters are selected from the letter in the word PREDICTIONS.
How many different selections can be made if:
(a) There are no restrictions.
(b) The letter P and N must be included on the selection.
 Exercise 6
A bunch of flowers consists of a mixture of roses, tulips and daffodils. Tom orders
a bunch of 7 flowers from a shop to give to a friend. There must be at least 2 of
each type of flower. The shop has 6 roses, 5 tulips and 4 daffodils, all different
from each other. Find the number of different bunches of flowers that are
possible.
Exercise 7
There are 4 chocolate candies, 5 strawberry candies and 7 vanilla candies in a jar.
7 Candies are chosen. How many different selections if there are at least 2
chocolate candies, at least 2 strawberry candies and at least 1 vanilla candies.
 Exercise 8
Four letters from the letters in the word CHARACTERS are going to be
chosen. Find the number of selections of the four letters if at least 1A and
at least 1C.
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