Problem Set 2: Permutations
Instructions: Show full solutions to the following, including writing out formulas and providing there-
fore statements. Form will be considered during grading. Submit a PDF of all of your work, in order, to
the corresponding assignment dropbox prior to the due date.
1. Ifyou rearrange the letters of the word SUSHI, what is the probability that the vowels are together?
(6 Marks)
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& Mote iy g 4O% chance Het the
Vowels are tegelher hen He wor SUSHI js fearrangea,
2. A coin is flipped three times. Draw a tree diagram to represent the scenario. Use the tree diagram.
to determine the probability of having at least two heads. (6 Marks)
Ask Flip dd Bed a :
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7 LH, 5)=
QW — Cn, WW . 8
(HT H)Y > (Aye 4
-(H,7,7)
4
(7 HW
(Git)
(7,T,H)
— (7,77)
-n® Wot
PUM = “Bra
5
60 thee is a 90% chance
of having two heads Udon
Piiopig a ain thee times3. What is the probability a positive number less than 10000, using the digits 0-9 only once, contains
the digit 3? (6 Marks)
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c e444 (2 @ee\ —
- = —f\ = ~
ese AniB)= de 27 Bx BN a) = 84 d+ w813688
Case B-n(D\= Ay axg ——— n(A)= BeBe? 7) = 3208
£4x8 x2 — NON = BxBx7.6 nl) = 5365-3008
= 2057
Case H-n(s x4
o Yrete is a 24.07 % ee nc 305%
PIMs 5 = ae 30m
theh a posse number belay [000d
contains He ot 2
4. a ee number of. aa of selecting 6 objects out of 9. (4 Marks) a qs
ne :
at P(4,¢) = => - Loupe
aa { (4-6) 2
<4, at
(4,6) = Gagy 6! bE ?
4 4
a 4 8-7-6 I 2478 + = 34 = Bu
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B tete ate SU ways to geleck
& obects ait of
5, Number tiles from 1 to 7 are placed in a bag. Determine the probability of selecting the tiles in
corder from 1 to 7. (4 Marks) _
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nlSb= !2 Souo orly L possible motte a
gig (2
~
n(ay=d
pi): 2 _.
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