Tutorial Topic 7: Counting Discrete Mathematics DAT10203

Answer all questions INDIVIDUALLY.

1. At an ice-cream shop they have 5 different flavors of ice-cream and you can pick one of 4
toppings. How many choices do you have?

2. How many ways can you flip 4 coins?

3. Suppose a bookcase shelf has 5 History texts, 3 Sociology texts, 6 Anthropology texts, and
4 Psychology texts. Find the number n of ways a student can choose:

(a) One of the texts

(b) One of each type of text

4. A discrete mathematic class contains 8 male students and 6 female students. Find the number
n of ways that the class can elect:

(a) 1 Class representative

(b) 2 class representatives, 1 male and 1 female
(c) 1 president and 1 vice president

5. Find the number n of distinct permutations that can be formed form all the letters of each
word:

(a) THOSE
(b) UNUSUAL
(c) SOCIOLOGICAL

6. A class contains 8 students, Find the number n of samples of size 3:

(a) With replacement

(b) Without replacement

7. Find the number n of distinct permutations that can be formed from all the letters of each
word:
(a) PASSIONATE
(b) INNOVATION

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8. 3 artists and 4 musicians are seated in a row. How many arrangements can be formed if:
(a) They can sit anywhere
(b) The musicians must sit side by side
(c) The musicians and the artists must sit alternate

9. A class contains 10 students with 6 men and 4 women. Find the number n of ways to:

(a) Select a 4 committee members from the students

(b) Select a 4 committee members with 2 men and 2 women.
(c) Elect a president, vice president, and treasurer

10. A box contains 8 blue socks and 6 red socks. Find the number of ways two socks can be
drawn from the box if:

(a) They can be any color.

(b) They must be the same color

11. A microcomputer manufacturer who is designing an advertising campaign is considering 6

magazines, three newspapers, two television stations and four radio stations. In how many
ways can six advertisements be run if:

(a) All six are to be in magazines?

(b) Two are to be in magazines, two are to be in newspapers, one is to be on television,
and one is to be on radio?