Study Master, Chapter 5 – UNIT 2

McGraw-Hill Ryerson Mathematics of Data Management, pp. 296–297

1. Eleven students are to receive awards and 15 students are to receive scholarships
at the Commencement. Nineteen students in total are to receive awards or
scholarships.
a) Use a Venn diagram to illustrate this situation.
b) How many students are to receive both an award and a scholarship?

2. For their final project in drama, 11 students are acting in the one-act play,
The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, and 14 students are acting in The
Importance of Being Earnest. Five students are acting in both plays.
a) Use a Venn diagram to calculate how many students are acting in only
one play.
b) How many student actors are there in all?

3. For the upcoming graduation ceremony there is a variety of committees working.

Of the 42 staff members, 16 are involved in the cafeteria committee, 14 are on the
awards committee, and 13 are on the program committee. Five staff members are
on both the cafeteria and awards committees, seven are on both the awards and
program committees, and six are on both the cafeteria and program committees.
Four staff members are on all three committees.
a) Display this information on a Venn diagram.
b) How many staff members, in total, are involved in the upcoming graduation
ceremony?

4. Ten students are available to work on the graduate committee.

a) In how many ways can you choose three students to lead each of the
decorations committee, the refreshments committee, and the greetings
committee?
b) In how many ways can you choose three students to help out with the various
committees?
c) How are the numbers in parts a) and b) related?

5. A teacher has one large table at the front of her class. The table has room for
five students.
a) In how many ways can the teacher choose five students in her grade 11
class of 21 students?
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b) In how many ways can the teacher choose five students in her grade 9
class of 30 students?
c) Should the teacher try all the possible combinations of students? Explain
why or why not?
6. Lina has a China figurine, a glass figurine, and a soapstone bear. In how many
ways can she choose one or more of these figurines to put on her shelf?

7. In how many ways can you elect a committee with at least one member appointed
from a group of eight individuals?

8. Maya works in the school canteen and can order from a choice of three types of
salads, two different types of burgers, and pizza slices with either pepperoni or
cheese. How many different purchases can Maya make? Assume that Maya can
buy multiples of any type of item.

9. Rewrite each of the following using Pascal’s formula.

a) 13C5 b) 16C5 + 16C6

10. Rewrite
x6 – 12x5y + 60x4y2 – 160x3y3 + 240x2y4 – 192xy5 + 64y6
in the form (a + b)n.
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1. a) Awards
S Scholarships
8
4 7

b) 19 = 11 + 15 – x
Seven students overlap.
2. a) S

The Death T
and Life of
Sneaky 9 h
6 5 e
Fitch

b) 20

3. a)
Cafeteria Awards
S 6
1
9 4 3
2
Program
13 4

b) 29
4. a) P(10, 3) = 720
b) C(10, 3) = 120
c) One is a permutation, the other is a combination.
5. a C(21, 5) = 20 349
b) C(30, 5) = 142 506
c) No, it is not practical to try all the combinations.
6. 7
7. 255
8. 35
9. a) 12C4 + 12C5
b) 17C6
10. (x – 2y)6