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Discrete and Combinatorics assignment and work sheet

1. Find the number of integer solutions of where

2. If a) ( ) , b) ( ) ) ( ) find the value of n.

3. A committee of 5 people is to be chosen from a group of 6 men and 4 women.
How many committees are possible if:
a) there are to be 3 men and 2 women?

b) there are to be men only? c) here is to be a majority of women?

4. Find y if the 117th and 18th terms of the expansion (2 + y)50 are equal.
5. A committee including 3 boys and 4 girls is to be formed from a group of 10
boys and 12 girls. How many different committees can be formed from the
group?
6. Multiple-choice test contains 10 questions. There are four possible answers for
each question. a) In how many ways can a student answer the questions on the
test if the student answers every question? b) In how many ways can a student
answer the questions on the test if the student can leave answers blank?
7. How many ways can all the letters in the word ROCKIES be arranged?
8. There are 8 swimmers in the finals of the 100-m butterfly. How
many ways could the gold, silver, and bronze medals be awarded?
9. If P(A)= , P( ) then ( ) , then find ( ⁄ )

10.Find the middle term(s) in the expansion of ( ) .

11.Find the coefficient of in the expansion of

(i) ( ) ( )( – )

12.If the coefficient of in the expansion of are equal, then find the
value of n
13.Find the value of k so that the term independent of x in (√ ) of 405.
14.Find the coefficient of in the expansion of ( ) .

15.If A and B are two independent events such that If ( ) , ( )

, ( ⁄ ) ,then ( )

16.If ( ) , and ( ) and ( ) then find ( )

17.If A and B are two independent events such that if ( ) , ( ) then

find ( )

18.If ( ) , and ( ) then ( ) find ( ⁄ ) ( ⁄ )

19.Find the coefficient of in the binomial expansion( ) .

20.If the coefficient of in ( ) is equal to the coefficient of in

( ) then find the value of
21.Find the coefficient of
(a) in the expansion of ( – ) .
(b) in the expansion of ( – – ) .
22.Find
i) The 5th term in the expansion ( )

ii) The 6th term in the expansion ( )

iii) The 8th term in the expansion (√ )

√

iv) The 7th term in the expansion ( )

23.In how many ways 4 mathematics books, 3 physics books, 2 chemistry books
and 1 biology book can be arranged on a shelf so that all books of the same
type/ subjects are together.
24.If ( ) , and ( ) then find ( )

25.Find the middle term of the following expansions.

 a) ( ) b) ( ) c) ( ) d) ( )
26.Find the specified term in the expansion of
a) ( ) term involving d) ( ) term involving

b) ( ) term involving e) ( ) term involving

c) ( ) term involving
27. Find the coefficients of
a) in the expansion of ( )

b) in the expansion of ( )

c) in the expansion of ( )

d) in the expansion of ( )
28. Find the constant term in the expansion of
a) ( ) b) (√ )
29.If ( ) , and ( ) and ( ) find ( ⁄ ) ( ⁄ )

30.Find the term independent of x in the expansion of the following

√ √
26. ( ) ii) ( ) iii) ( )
√

27. Find the 4th term from the end expansion of ( ) .

28. Find the coefficients of in the expansion of ( )

29. Determine whether the expansion of ( ) will contain a term

containing .
30. If the term free from x in the expansion of (√ ) is 405. Find the value of k.

31. If P(A)= , and ( ) then find ( )

32. If p is a real number and if the middle term in the expansion of ( ) is

1120. Find p.
33. If the coefficients of and in ( ) are equal find the value of n.
34. Find the ratio of the coefficient of to the term independent of x in ( ) .

a) There are 4 possible answers for each question and we have 10 questions.

We can use the product rule: a student can answer the questions on the test in
4×4×…×4×4×…×4= ways.

b) In this case there are 5 possible answers for each question and we have 10 questions.

In this case we can also use the product rule: a student can answer the questions on the test in
5×5×…×5= ways.

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