IE2082 (Discrete Mathematics)

Problem Sheet (Counting)

1. Suppose you have a password consisting of 4 characters, where each character can be
any of the digits 0-9. How many different passwords are possible, allowing for
repetition?

2. Consider a box with three red, four green, and two blue balls. If you want to choose
five balls from the box without distinguishing between the balls of the same color,
how many different combinations are possible?

3. A team of 5 students is to be selected from a group of 10 students to represent the

school in a competition. In how many ways can the team be formed if the order of
selection matters?

4. You have a collection of 8 books, and you want to choose 3 books to read over the
weekend. In how many ways can you select the books, considering the order of
selection doesn't matter?

5. A cybersecurity team is creating access codes for a secure network. The access code
must consist of 4 unique characters selected from the set {A, B, C, D, E}.
a) How many different access codes can be created using these unique characters?
b) If the team decides to include at least one vowel (A or E) in the access code, how
many different access codes are possible?
c) In a situation where no consecutive letters can be used in the access code, how many
unique codes can be generated?

6. Find the term independent of 𝑥.

1 8
(2𝑥 − )
𝑥

7. Expand (𝑥 − 2𝑦)6
8. In an Arithmetic sequence, sum of the first five terms is 25 and 10 th term is 19.

a) What is the common difference of the sequence?

b) What is the initial term.?
c) What is the sum of first six terms.?
d) What is the 7th term?

9. In a geometric sequence with a positive common ratio, 4th term is 54 and the second
term is 6.
a) What is the common ratio?
b) What is the initial term?
c) What is the sum of first five terms?
d) What is the fifth term?