PERMUTATION

• The Racing Club

organizes a race in
which five cars are
joined:
• How many possible race
results are there if there  The Grade 10 Band has 20
are no ties? available song options to
• How many possible race perform in a concert. At the
results if there are no ties? upcoming Battle of the
• Solution: Bands, they will play three
5!= 5 $ 4 $ 3 $ 2 $ 1 songs. In how many
5!= 120 different orders can they
perform three of their
songs?
Rule No. 2
Solution:
 The number of possible
objects taken r at a time is
given by:

 The Racing Club

 There are 5 passengers and organizes a race
in which five cars
there were only 3 vacant A, B, C, D and E
seats. In how many ways are joined. In how
can we arrange the 5 many ways can
passengers? the first two
Solution: positions be filled
if there are no
ties?
Solution:
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Solution:

Rule No. 3
 The number of
ways of arranging
n objects of which
n1 are of the same
kind, … nk are of
the same kind is
given by

 In how many ways

can 3 blue bulbs, 5
red bulbs and 2
green bulbs be
arranged in a row?

Solution:

 Find the
number of
distinguis
hable
permutati
ons of the
letters in
the word
HETERO
GENEOU