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Homework 2.: Marco Esteban Aguirre Rojas April 27, 2015
Homework 2.: Marco Esteban Aguirre Rojas April 27, 2015
1.(i) Find the number of ways in which ve persons can sit in a row.
(ii) How many ways are there if two of the persons insist on
sitting next to one another?
(i) {a, b, c, d, e}
P5 = 5! = 120
(ii){ab, c, d, e}
Pii = 4 3!2! = 120
M aneras =
8!
4!2!2!
= 420
Sustitucion no afecta
6!
3!
= 120
(ii)S2 = {L, E, V, N }
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Cii = 4!= 24
(iii)S2 = {L, V, N }
Cii = 3!= 6
(iv)S2 = {E, E, L, V, N }
P (4, 2) = 12
6.There are 12 balls in an urn. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn
from the urn, four times in succession, all without replacement?
12!
3!3!3!3!
= 369600
= 369600
9.A man has time to play roulette ve times. He wins or loses a
dollar at each play. The man begins with two dollars and will
stop playing before the ve times if he loses all his money or
wins three dollars (i.e., has ve dollars). Find the number of
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