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Fundamental Counting Principle - Permutation - Combination

The document provides examples to illustrate the fundamental counting principle and permutations. It contains 14 problems involving determining the number of possible outcomes when choosing elements from different sets or arranging elements in a sequence. The problems involve determining the number of meal combinations at a fast food restaurant, ways to complete a yes/no survey, possible product codes, outcomes when tossing a coin and rolling a dice, and more.

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Fundamental Counting Principle - Permutation - Combination

The document provides examples to illustrate the fundamental counting principle and permutations. It contains 14 problems involving determining the number of possible outcomes when choosing elements from different sets or arranging elements in a sequence. The problems involve determining the number of meal combinations at a fast food restaurant, ways to complete a yes/no survey, possible product codes, outcomes when tossing a coin and rolling a dice, and more.

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Fundamental Counting Principle

1. A fast-food restaurant has a meal special: $5 for a drink, sandwich, side item and dessert. The choices are:

 Sandwich: Grilled chicken, All Beef Patty, Vege-burger and Fish Filet.
 Side: Regular fries, Cheese Fries, Potato Wedges.
 Dessert: Chocolate Chip Cookie or Apple Pie.
 Drink: Fanta, Dr. Pepper, Coke, Diet Coke and Sprite.
How many meal combos are possible?

2. You take a survey with five “yes” or “no” answers. How many different ways could you complete the survey?

3. A company puts a code on each different product they sell. The code is made up of 3 numbers and 2 letters. How many different codes are
possible?

4. Find the number of possible outcomes if you toss a coin and roll a dice.

5. To buy a computer system, a customer can choose one of 4 monitors, one of 2 keyboards, one of 4 computers and one of 3 printers. Determine
the number of possible systems that a customer can choose from.

6. A student can select one of 6 different mathematics books, one of 3 different chemistry books and one of 4 different science books. In how many
different ways can a student select a book of mathematics, a book of chemistry and a book of science?

7. There are 3 different roads from city A to city B and 2 different roads from city B to city C. In how many ways can someone go from city A to city C
passing by city B?

8. A man has 3 different suits, 4 different shirts and 5 different pairs of shoes. In how many different ways can this man wear a suit, a shirt and a pair
of shoes?

9. In a certain country, license plate numbers have 3 letters followed by 4 digits. How many different license plate numbers can be formed? (letters
and digits may be repeated).

10. In a company ID cards have 5-digit number. How many ID cards can be formed if repetition of the digit is allowed?

11. In a company ID cards have 5-digit number. How many ID cards can be formed if repetition of the digit is not allowed?

12. The Bagel Factory offers 12 different kinds of bagels and 4 types of cream cheese. How many possible combinations of bagels and cream
cheese are there?

13. Paula is going to choose the size, color, phrase, and picture for a birthday card for her friend. There are 22 sizes, 44 colors, 77 phrases, and 44
pictures for her to choose from.

14.

Permutation

1. A license plate begins with three letters. If the possible letters are A, B, C, D and E, how many different permutations of these letters can be made
if no letter is used more than once?

2. A zip code contains 5 digits. How many different zip codes can be made with the digits 0–9 if no digit is used more than once and the first digit is
not 0?

3. If a class has 28 students, how many different arrangements can 5 students give a presentation to the class?

4. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the given letters "AAABBBCDD"

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