COUNTING & PROBABILIT SAMPLE PROBLE

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PROBLEM 1:
A college needs two additional faculty members: a physicist and
an engineer. In how many ways can these positions be filled if
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF COUNTING there are three applicants for the physics position and eight
applicants for the engineering position?
 Let and be two events. The first event can occur in
A. 11 ways B. 12 ways C. 22 ways D. 24 ways
different ways. After has occurred, can occur in
different ways. The number of ways that the two events PROBLEM 2:
can occur is . Armand has four different kinds of pants, five uniquely
designed shirts, and three types of footwear (slippers, shoes, or
boots). In how many ways can he dress himself if he needs one
WORKED EXAM shirt, one pants, and one footwear with the option of wearing
PLE or not wearing a jacket on top of the shirt?
Felix went to the mall to buy a new sound system for A. 60 ways B. 120 ways C. 62 ways D. 14 ways
his new condominium unit. He can choose one of three PROBLEM 3:
amplifiers, one of four compact disc players, and one of In how many ways can a 5-question true-or-false exam be
five speaker models for an entertainment system. answered if no question is skipped?
Determine the number of possible sound system A. 25 ways B. 20 ways C. 32 ways D. 10 ways
configurations.
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Speaker 1 In how many ways Gordon Ramsey select three chefs from 200
Disc 1
Amp 1 Speaker 2 chefs such that each one is of a different rank and from a
Disc 2
Amp 2 Speaker 3 different age group?
Disc 3
Amp 3 Speaker 4 Young Middle-Aged Senior
Disc 4
Speaker 5
Line Chef 55 21 3
3  × 4  × 5 Sous Chef 15 16 12

  ¿ 60 sound system configurations Executive Chef 9 46 23

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Shirt 1
Pants 1
Shirt 2 Slippers
Pants 2 Jacket On
Shirt 3 Shoes
Pants 3 Jacket Off
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF COUNTING Shirt 4 Boots
Pants 4
Shirt 5
SAMPLE PROBL
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A college needs two additional faculty members: a physicist and 4  × 5  × 3  × 2
an engineer. In how many ways can these positions be filled if
there are three applicants for the physics position and eight
  ¿ (B) 120 ways
applicants for the engineering position? SAMPLE PROBLE
A. 11 ways C. 22 ways M 3
B. 12 ways D. 24 ways In how many ways can a 5-question true-or-false exam be
answered if no question is skipped?
Engineer 1 Engineer 5
A. 25 ways C. 32 ways
Physicist 1 Engineer 2 Engineer 6
B. 20 ways D. 10 ways
Physicist 2 Engineer 3 Engineer 7
Physicist 3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Engineer 4 Engineer 8

True True True True True

3  × 8
False False False False False
 ¿ (D) 24 ways
SAMPLE PROBL 2  × 2  × 2  × 2  × 2
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Armand has four different kinds of pants, five uniquely   ¿ (C) 32 ways
designed shirts, and three types of footwear (slippers, shoes, or CHALLENGE PRO
boots). In how many ways can he dress himself if he needs one BLEM
shirt, one pants, and one footwear with the option of wearing
or not wearing a jacket on top of the shirt? The answer to the given challenge problem is 62,615 ways.
A. 60 ways C. 62 ways
B. 120 ways D. 14 ways