Dayao, Melvin C.

GED102/ B13
Problem Set No.1 + pp 105 (no.1,3,5)

1. The GSM basketball team won three out of their last six games. In how many different orders
could they have attained three wins and three losses in six games?
i. Understand the problem
Find the number of ways the basketball team have attained three wins and three losses
in six games.
ii. Devise a plan
To find the number of ways, we can use combination. Use the formula for
combination with 6 as the total number of objects in the set and 3 as the number of
choosing objects from the set.
iii. Carry out the plan
n!
C(n,r) =
r ! ( n−r ) !
6!
C(6,3) = = 20
3! 3 !
iv. Look back
To check, we can list all the orders possible, then count. (1) WWWLLL,(2)
WWLLLW, (3) WLLLWW, (4) LLLWWW, (5) LLWWWL, (6) LWWWLL, (7)
WLLWWL, (8) LLWWLW, (9) LWWLWL, (10) WWLWLL, (11) WLWLLW, (12)
LWLLWW, (13) WLWWLL, (14) LWWLLW, (15) WWLLWL, (16) WLLWLW,
(17) LLWLWW, (18) LWLWWL, (19) LWLWLW, (20) WLWLWL.

2. Leonardo da Vinci was a famous artist during renaissance period. He wrote in his notebook
that “from the top to the bottom of the chin is the sixth part of the face, and it is fifty-fourth
part of the man”. Suppose the distance from top to bottom of the chin is 1.2 inches. Using
Leonardo da Vinci’s measurement, find the height of the person.
i. Understand the problem
Find the height of the person using the given measurements and ratios.
ii. Devise a plan
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The bottom of the chin is 1.2 inches, and that is of his height. Express the length
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of his chin in terms of his height, then solve for the height.
iii. Carry out the plan
Let h be the height.
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1.2 = h
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h = 64.8 inches
 iv. Look back
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To check, divide 64.8 by 1.2. The answer is , so the answer is correct.
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3. An agency charged P15,000 for a 3-day and 2-night tour in Macau and P20,000 for the same
tour with a side trip to Hongkong. Ten persons joined the trip, which enable them to collect
P170,000. How many tourists made a side trip to Hongkong?
i. Understand the problem
Find the number of tourists who made a side trip to Hongkong based on the given
amounts of money.
ii. Devise a plan
Express the number of people who made a side trip and the number of those who did
not, in terms of a single variable. To get the price paid by the people who made a side
trip and those who didn’t, multiply 20000 to the number of people who made a side
trip to Hongkong and 15000 to the number of people who did not. Add the resulting
values then equate to 170,000 (the total).
iii. Carry out the plan
Let x be the number of people who made a side trip to Hongkong
Let (10-x) be the number of people who did not make a side trip to Hongkong [since
there are 10 people who joined the trip].
20000x + 15000(10 – x) = 170000
20000x + 150000 – 15000x = 170000
5000x = 20000
x=4
iv. Look back
To check, plug in the value of x, which is 4, to the equation 20000x + 15000(10 – x) =
170000. 20000(4) + 15000(10 – 4) = 170000. Thus, the answer is correct.

4. In the complex number system, i 1=i ,i 2=1 , i3 =−i. i 4=1 , i 5=i, … Find i 173.
i. Understand the problem
Find i 173 using the given pattern.
ii. Devise a plan
A pattern can be observed: The same set of values repeat after a period of 4. Using
that, divide 173 by 4 then look at the remainder. If the remainder is 1, use the value of
i 1. Likewise, if the remainder is 2, use the value of i 2 , and so on.
iii. Carry out the plan
173
=43 R 1. Since the remainder is 1, we will use i 1. Therefore, i 173 =i.
4
iv. Look back
Use modulo operations to check. 173 mod 4 = 1 mod 4. Thus, the answer is correct.
5. Yan was born exactly 78 days before Dong was born. If Dong was born on a Monday, what
day was Yan born? Sunday
i. Understand the problem
Find the day Yan was born based on the day Dong was born.
ii. Devise a plan
A week is composed of 7 days. If the number of days between Yan's birth and Dong's
birth is divisible by seven, Yan was born on a Monday, too. If it is not, the remainder
would be the number of days before Monday.
iii. Carry out the plan
78
= 11R1. Since the remainder is 1, Yan was born one day before Monday. Thus,
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Yan was born on a Sunday.
iv. Look back
You can look at a calendar and count 78 days backwards from a Monday. To make it
fast, you can count by 7 which will lead you back to a Monday then one more, which
will land on a Sunday.