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Basics of Counting

Seatwork
There are 32 microcomputers in a computer center. Each microcomputer has
24 ports. How many different ports to a microcomputer in the center there
are?
The department will award a free computer to either a CS student or a CS
professor. How many different choices are there, if there are 530 students and
15 professors?
A class contains 25 computer science majors, 13 math majors and 8 with joint
majors in math and computer science. How many students are in the class?
A student brings 7 shirts and 4 pairs of pants to campus. How many outfits
can he wear?
A small shop has a number of cakes left at the end of the day. There are four
vanilla sponge cakes, two chocolate sponge cakes and three fruit cakes. A
customer rushes in to buy a cake. How many cakes can the customer choose
from?
A six person committee composed of Alessandra, Lloyd, Chezka, Aniel,
Gabb, and Lorenz is to select a chairperson, secretary and treasurer.
a. In how many ways can this be done?
b.In how many ways can this be done if either Alessandra or Lloyd must be
chairperson?
c. In how many ways can this be done if Gabb must hold one of the offices?
d.In how many ways can this be done if both Aniel and Lorenz must hold
office?
e. How many selections exclude Chezka?
f. How many are there in which neither Lloyd nor Lorenz is an officer?
g.How many are there in which both Lloyd and Lorenz are officers?
h.How many are there in which Anielis an officer and Lorenz is not an
officer?
A club consisting of six distinct men and seven distinct women.
a. In how many ways can we select a committee of five
persons?
b.In how many ways can we select a committee of three men
and four women?
c. In how many ways can we select a committee of four persons
that has at least one woman?
d.In how many ways can we select a committee of four persons
that has at most one man?
e. In how many ways can we select a committee of four persons
that has persons of both sexes?

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