COMBINATIO

Objectives:
N
• Illustrate combination of
objects.
• Solve problem regarding
combination of objects.
 LET’S INVESTIGATE

COMBINATION
PERMUTATION
Problem #1 Problem #2
A group has to select a A group has to select
moderator and a two leaders from the 5
secretary from 5 members members in the group.
in the group. How many How many sets are
arrangements are possible?
possible?

A B C D E A B C D E
 COMBINATION
Is a special type of FCP (Fundamental Counting
Principle) that that determines the number of possible
arrangements in a collection of items where the order
of the selection does not matter. In combinations, you
can select the items in any order.

𝒏!
𝒏𝑪𝒓 =
( 𝒏−𝒓 ) ! 𝒓 !
 COMBINATION OF n OBJECTS
TAKEN r AT A TIME
The number of combinations of distinct objects taken at a time,
denoted C, is
Examples:
1. Calculate C
2. What is the value of in ?
3. Find the value of in ?
 COMBINATION OF n OBJECTS
TAKEN r AT A TIME
The number of combinations of distinct objects taken at a time,
denoted C, is
Examples:
6. In how many ways can a team consisting
of 2 boys and 3 girls be formed if there are
6 boys and 10 girls who qualified to be in a
team?
 COMBINATION OF n OBJECTS TAKEN r AT A
The number of combinations of distinct objects taken at a time,
TIME
denoted C, is
Examples:
7. A box contains 6 numbered red balls and 4 numbered
blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random. In how many
ways can the 3 balls be drawn from 10 balls if;

a. the color is not considered

b. if two balls are red and one is blue?
c. if all three balls are red
d. If all three balls are blue
By pair, solve the following in 1 whole sheet of paper.
1. Mr. Del Rosario wants to buy some fruits and bread for
breakfast. He has to choose 3 kinds of fruit out of 12 and 2 kinds
of breads out of 6. How many different combinations does he
have?
2.In a culinary arts class, a student is asked to select dishes from
a list of 12. How many ways can the student select 8?
3. In a train yard there are 4 tank cars, 12 boxcars, and 7
flatcars. How many ways can a train be made up consisting
of 2 tank cars, 5 boxcars, and 3 flatcars?
 COMBINATION OF n OBJECTS
TAKEN r AT A TIME
The number of combinations of distinct objects taken at a time,
denoted C, is
Examples:
4. Chloe received an offer to join K-Popnatics. As
she agreed to be a member, she is entitled to have 3
copies of Korea Novela from the list of 25 titles. In
how many ways can she select the 3 copies?
 COMBINATION OF n OBJECTS
TAKEN r AT A TIME
The number of combinations of distinct objects taken at a time,
denoted C, is
Examples:
5. At the library, Ramon found 6 books of
interest, but he can only borrow 4 books,
How many possible selection can he make?