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PROBABILITY
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. Three cards are drawn at random one at a time from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. Without returning any of
the cards drawn find the number of ways in which one can draw a diamond, a club, and a heart in succession?
A. 1.716 B. 2,197 C. 1560 D. 1728
2. There are five routes between an executive’s home and her place of work. In how many ways can she go to
and from work if she does not want to use the same route both ways?
A. 5 B. 25 C. 20 D. 4
3. Four married couples have purchased 8 seats in a row for a basketball game. In how many different ways can
they be seated if each couple is to sit together?
A. 384 B. 350 C. 345 D. 360
4. How many signals can be made with the aid of 5 flags of different colors, all arranged in a row, if every
arrangement constitutes a distinct signal?
A. 150 B. 60 C. 80 D. 120
5. The probability that a man watch a particular program on TV is 0.70 and the probability that his wife will watch
the same program is 0.6. The probability that the man and his wife will watch the same TV program together
is 0.30. What is the probability that at least one of the couple will watch the show?
A. 0 B. 0.65 C. 1 D. 0.80
6. A can contains 5 white and 3 black balls. Another can contains 4 white and 6 black balls. One ball will be drawn
from each can. In how many ways can 2 balls of the same color be drawn?
A. 38 B. 39 C. 36 D. 42
7. One bag contains 4 red and 5 white balls. A second bag contains 3 green and 7 yellow balls. If a ball is drawn
from each bag, what is the probability that the first is white and the second is green?
A. ¼ B. 1/5 C. 1/6 D. 1/8
8. A single die is rolled three times. Find the probability that a 5 turns up exactly twice.
A. 0.005 B. 0.016 C. 0.056 D. 0.069
9. A certain office has four entrances: A, B, C, and D. If two persons come to the office, what is the probability
that both pass through the same entrance?
A. ¼ B. 1/5 C. 1/3 D. 2/3
10. In a group of 200 students, 40 are taking English, 50 are taking Mathematics, and 12 are taking both. A student
is selected at random from those taking English. What is the probability that the student is taking Mathematics?
A. 3/8 B. 2/5 C. 3/5 D. 3/10
11. If the probability that a patient will recover from a delicate heart operation is 0.85. What is the probability
that the next 5 patients will not recover?
A. 0.000076 B. 0.000082 C. 0.000044 D. 0.000024
12. There are five musical numbers in a program. In how many ways can these numbers be presented?
A. 5 B. 5! C. 25 D. 50
13. A particular examination in biology with 200 students was known to be approximately normally distributed
with a mean of 38 and a standard deviation of 5. Find the standard score of a student whose score is 40.
A. 0.30 B. 0.28 C. 0.40 D. 0.42
14. How many permutations can be made by using all the letters in the word JEDIDIAH?
A. 40,320 B. 10,080 C. 20,160 D. 30,240
15. A committee of 5 members is to be formed from 6 men and 7 women. In how many ways can the committee
be formed such that there are exactly 3 women in the committee?
A. 210 B. 525 C. 630 D. 480
16. A normal distribution has a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 7. Find the probability that the value of a
score is between 23 and 37.
A. 0.68 B. 0.34 C. 0.54 D. 0.27
17. Joshua is a fool with probability of 0.6, a thief with probability of 0.7, and both with probability of 0.25.
Determine the conditional probability that he is a thief given that he is a fool.
A. 0.36 B. 0.42 C. 0.40 D. 0.38
18. A bowl contains 15 red, 30 white, 20 blue, and 7 black beads. If one of the beads is drawn at random, what is
the probability that it will be white or blue?
A. 17/52 B. 15/42 C. 13/40 D. 25/36
19. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet, find the probability that the letter is listed
somewhere after the letter g.
A. 19/26 B. 5/26 C. 9/26 D. 11/26
20. The scores of students in Geometry are known to be approximately normally distributed with a mean of 50
and a standard deviation of 9. What is the actual score of Jovie if his standard score is 1.33?
A. 62 B. 38 C. 54 D. 48
21. Plantation Foods has found that 25% of those hired to load trucks will work for more than one week. Find the
probability that three of four new hires will work for more than one week.
A. 0.037 B. 0.026 C. 0.047 D. 0.012
22. In how many ways can 8 people be seated around a round table if they can sit anywhere?
A. 40,320 B. 6,720 C. 5,040 D. 26,880
23. Nine points, no 3 of which are collinear, are marked on a blackboard. How many triangles are determined by
the points?
A. 84 B. 34 C. 64 D. 81
24. A box contains 5 red, 4 blue, and 3 white balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that they
are of different colors?
A. 12/55 B. 1/22 C. 9/11 D. 3/11
25. From 6 consonants and 5 vowels, how many words can be formed consisting of 3 different consonants and 2
different vowels? The words need not have meaning.
A. 1500 B. 1800 C. 2400 D. 2100
26. A town has two fire engines operating independently. The probability that a specific engine is available when
needed is 0.96. What is the probability that neither is available when needed?
A. 0.0112 B. 0.0016 C. 0.9984 D. 0.9452
27. The retailer estimates that the probability that the price of a basic commodity will increase, decrease, or
remain unchanged during given month is 0.35, 0.10, and 0.55, respectively. What is the probability that the
price of the commodity will change during the month?
A. 0.50 B. 0.65 C. 0.25 D. 0.45
28. Professor X teaches two sections of philosophy. The regular section has 35 students, and the honors has 25
students. The professor gives both sections the same test, and 14 students make an A, 5 in the regular section
an 9 in the honors section. A test paper is selected at random. If it is known that the paper is from the honors
section, what is the probability that it is an A paper?
A. 1/5 B. 9/25 C. 9/35 D. 1/7
29. From the standard deck of 52 cards, 4 cards are drawn at the same time. Find the probability that the cards
are all diamonds.
A. 13/4165 B. 11/595 C. 11/4165 D. 13/595
30. There are 20 machines in a large plant. The machines operate independently of one another, breakdowns
occur at random. The probability of a breakdown for each machine in one day’s operation is 0.10. Find the
probability that exactly 4breakdowns occur in one day.
A. 0.080 B. 0.060 C. 0.076 D. 0.090
31. A restaurant has on its menu 8 fish and 4 potato dishes. In how many ways can a diner choose one of the fish
dishes and one of the potato dishes?
A. 42 B. 96 C. 24 D. 32
32. A bowl contains 15 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 7 black beads. If one of the beads is drawn at random, what is
the probability that it will neither be white nor black?
A. 35/72 B. 15/36 C. 13/45 D. 11/23
33. How many four-letter words consisting of different letters can be formed from the word CANDLES if no letter
is repeated in the same word?
A. 420 B. 35 C. 840 D. 24
34. Two people got married. The probabilities that the man and the woman will live 45 more years are 0.58 and
0.54, respectively. Find the probability that both will still be alive 45 years later.
A. 0.36 B. 0.37 C. 0.38 D. 0.35
35. How many permutations can be made from the letters in the word STATISTICS if all the letters are used in
each permutation?
A. 16,800 B. 25,200 C. 50400 D. 31,500
36. A presiding officer is authorized to appoint a committee of 5 from 4 elders and 8 deacons. How many different
committees are possible if 3 elders are to be members?
A. 120 B. 220 C. 32 D. 112
37. In how many ways can 3 people be seated in a room where there are 7 chairs in a row?
A. 200 B. 210 C. 315 D. 120
38. There are 4 novels, 2 books of poems and 1 dictionary on a shelf. In how many ways can a person take any
three books such that the dictionary is always included?
A. 15 B. 35 C. 10 D. 30
39. Find the probability that in five rolls of a fair die, a 3 will appear twice.
 A. 625/19 B. 625/3,888 C. 125/3,888 125/1944
40. A French professor gives Sections I and II of a French course the same passage to translate. Section I has 24
students, and 7 translate the passage correctly. Section II has 21 students, and 9 translate the passage correctly.
One of the papers is selected and is known to be from Section I. What is the probability that it is a correct
translation?
A. 1/3 B. 3/8 C. 7/24 D. 3/7
41. One card is selected at random from 50 cards numbered 1 to 50. What is the probability that the number on
the card is prime?
A. 3/10 B. 5/13 C. 3/5 D. 7/10
42. A coin is tossed three times in succession. What is the probability of getting a head on the first toss and tails
on the other succeeding tosses?
A. 1/8 B. ½ C. 3/8 D. 5/8
43. On a given exam in Science, the scores are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 32 and standard
deviation of 6. What is the actual score of Honey if his standard score is -0.82?
A. 38 B. 26 C. 32 D. 27
44. Three people are shooting at a target. The probabilities that they hit the target are 0.50, 0.60, and 0.80. Find
the probability that all three miss the target?
A. 0.03 B. 0.04 C. 0.70 D. 0.60
45. The probabilities that a student will get an A, a B, or a C in a history course are 0.09, 0.15, and 0.53. What is
the probability that the student will get a grade lower than C?
A. 0.23 B. 0.23 C. 0.68 D. 0.77
46. A man’s clothing store carries 8 kinds of sweaters, 6 kinds of slacks, and 10 kinds of shirts. In how many ways
can two of each kind be chosen for a special case?
A. 17,900 B. 17,900 C. 18,900 D. 18,200
47. How many 4-digit numbers less than 4,000 can be formed from 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 if the digits can only be used
once?
A. 120 B. 80 C. 100 D. 60
48. Ten multiple choice items with four choices for each number is to be answered by students in Algebra. In how
many ways can a student answer the 10 questions?
A. 10,000 B. 5040 C. 1,048,576 D. 210
49. A multiple choice consists of 8 questions, each with 4 possible answers only one of which is correct. What is
the probability that an unprepared student will, by chance get exactly 6 correct answers?
A. 0.003 B. 0.005 C. 0.002 D. 0.004
50. A card is drawn from a pack f 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card will be a king given that it is
a face card.
A. 2/3 B. 1/3 C. 1/4 D. 1/2
51. If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen
at random less than 2 bolts will be defective?
A. 0.82 B. 0.76 C. 0.80 D. 0.78
52. A ten-pack of batteries has 2 defective batteries. In how many ways can one select 3 of these batteries and
get one of the defective batteries?
A. 78 B. 56 C. 67 D. 34
53. Compute for the standard score of 31 if the mean is 25and the standard deviation is 2.
A. -3.00 B. 1.75 C. 3.00 D. -1.75
54. Ten people are to sit around a round table. Find the number of seating arrangements if the host and the
hostess must always seat together.
A. 725,760 B. 90,720 C. 362,880 D. 80,640
55. A three-digit number is to be formed from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. What is the probability that the
number formed will be odd if repetitions are not allowed?
A. ¼ B. 2/3 C. 2/5 D. 1/3
56. If the probabilities that a person purchasing a new automobile will choose the color green, white, red, or blue
are 0.09, 0.15, 0.21, and 0.23, respectively, what is the probability that a given buyer will choose one that
comes in one of those colors?
A. 0.70 B. 0.74 C. 0.72 D. 0.68
57. Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement. What is the probability that both cards
are greater than two but less than 8?
A. 95/663 A. 95/663 C. 9/52 D. 11/26
58. In a group of 60 children, 28 are enrolled in a summer swimming program, 20 signed up for soccer, and 6 are
in both. If a child is selected from those enrolled in swimming what is the probability that the child is signed up
for soccer?
A. 3/10 B. 3/14 C. 1/10 D. 5/7
59. The probabilities that two students will show up for class are 0.60, and 0.80. Find the probability that at least
one does not show up for class.
A. 0.44 B. 0.08 C. 0.52 D. 0.32
60. In a municipality in Bulacan, supermarkets on the average charge P250/kg for sirloin steak (with standard
deviation of P9.50), P75/kg or tilapia (with a standard deviation of P6.50), P180/kg for beef (with a standard
deviation of P2.50), and P125/kg for whole chicken (with standard deviation of P5.00). If a supermarket in this
city charges P245/kg for sirloin steak, P77/kg for tilapia, P170/kg for beef, and P118/kg for whole chicken,
which of the 4 items is, relatively speaking, the best bargain?
A. Sirloin steak B. beef C. tilapia D. whole chicken
61. A class has the following grade distribution:
Grade Number of Students
95 5
90 14
85 7
80 9
75 8
Suppose that a student passes the course if she or he gets a grade of at least 80. If a students is randomly
picked from this class, what is the probability that the student’s grade is 95 if it is known that the students is
passing the course?
5 5 5 5
A. 35 B. 43 C. 40 D. 29
62. The probability of heads landing up when you flip a coin is ½. What is the probability of getting tails if you flip
it again?
A. ¼ B. 1/3 C. ½ D. ¾
63. Suppose you roll a red die and a green die. The probability that the sum of the numbers on the dice sum up
4
to 9 is since there are 4 out of the 36 outcomes where the sum is 9. What if you see that the red die shows
36
the number 5, but you still have not seen the green die, what then are the chances that the sum of the numbers
is 9?
1 1 1 2
B. B. C. D.
6 4 3 3
64. If a coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that all three tosses come up heads given at least two of the
tosses come up heads?
1 1 1 3
𝐴. B. C. D.
6 4 3 8
65. Among a large of patients recovering from shoulder injuries, it was found that 22% visit both a physical
therapist and a chiropractor, whereas 12% visit neither of these. The probability that a patient visits a
chiropractor exceeds by 0.14 the probability that a patient visits a physical therapist. Determine the
probability that a randomly chosen member of this group visits a physical therapist.
A. 0.26 B. 0.38 C. 0.40 D. 0.48
66. Barbara, Carol, Alice, Perla, and Sabrina are competing for two roles in a play. Assume that the two roles will
be randomly chosen from the five girls. What is the conditional probability that Perla gets a role if it is known
that Carol does not get a role?
1 1 1 3
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4
67. Two men and three women are in a committee. Two of the five are to be chosen to serve as officers. If the
officers are chosen randomly, what is the probability that both officers are women?
3 1 3 3
A. 4 B. 3 C. 8 D. 10
68. Two men and three women are in a committee. Two of the five are to be chosen to serve as officers. If the
officers are chosen randomly, what is the probability that both officers will be women given that at least one
is a woman?
3 1 3 3
A. B. C. D.
4 3 8 10
69. Mario has 5 blocks of different colors in a bag. One block is red, one is yellow, one is green, one blue, and one
is black. Mario pulls a block, looks at it, and puts it back in the bag. If he does this three times, what is the
probability that the 3 blocks selected are all of the same color?
5 1 4 5
A. 3 B. 3 C. D. 3
5 5 53 5
70. Jane has 6 jeans, 7 blouses and 3 pairs of shoes. Without considering color combinations, how many ways can
Jane dress up?
A. 35 B. 16 C. 210 D. 42
71. In a small town with two schools, 1000 students were surveyed if they had mobile phone. The results of the
survey are shown below.
With Mobile Phone Without Mobile Phone Total
School A 365 156 521
 School B 408 71 479
Total 773 227 1000
What is the probability that a randomly selected student has a mobile phone given that the student attends
school B?
521 408 408 408
A. B. C. D.
1000 1000 479 521
72. A coin is tossed. If it comes up head, two dice are rolled. If it comes up tail, two coins are tossed. Find the
number of possible outcomes.
A. 36 B. 4 C. 38 D. 40
73. License plates consist of 3 letters and followed by three numbers. How many different plates are possible if
there is no repetition of letters and digits and the three-digit number must be odd?
A. 5,616,000 B. 6,739,200 C. 1,123,200 D. 2,246,400
74. License plates consist of 3 letters and followed by three numbers. How many different plates are possible if
there is no repetition of letters and digits and the three-digit number must be greater than 400?
A. 5,616,000 B. 6,739,200 C. 1,123,200 D. 2,246,400
75. License plates consist of 3 letters and followed by three numbers. How many different plates are possible if
there is no repetition of letters and digits and the three-digit number must end in 2 or 7?
A. 5,616,000 B. 6,739,200 C. 1,123,200 D. 2,246,400
76. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. How many possible arrangements can be
done if the women will sit next to each other?
A. 720 B. 2880 C. 144 D. 345
77. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. How many possible arrangements can be
done if a man will sit in the first seat?
A. 720 B. 2880 C. 144 D. 345
78. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. How many possible arrangements can be
done if the men and women will sit alternately?
A. 720 B. 288 C. 144 D. 345
79. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. Find the probability that the women will
sit next to each other, if there is no restriction to the arrangement.
3 5 2 1
A. B. C. D.
8 8 7 7
80. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. Find the probability that a man will sit in
the first seat, if there is no restriction to the arrangement.
4 3 1 5
A. 7 B. 7 C. 7 D. 7
81. Four men and three women are to be seated on a seven-chair row. Find the probability the men and women
are seated alternately, if there is no restriction to the arrangement.
3 1 4 2
A. 25 B. 25 C. 25 D. 25
82. A number is selected at random from the set of natural numbers {1, 2, 3, …, 100}. What is the probability that
it is an even number?
3 1 4 1
A. B. C. D.
5 2 5 12
83. A number is selected at random from the set of natural numbers {1, 2, 3, …, 100}. What is the probability that
it is divisible by 3?
33 31 4 13
A. 100 B. 100 C. 25 D. 100
84. A number is selected at random from the set of natural numbers {1, 2, 3, …, 100}. What is the probability that
it is divisible by 2 or by 3?
53 67 57 41
A. 100 B. 100 C. 100 D. 100
1 1
85. The probability of having a baby boy is and the probability of having a baby girl is also . Determine the
2 2
probability that a family with four children has two boys and two girls.
3 3 1 5
A. 16 B. 8 C. 8 D. 16
86. An integer that is greater than 5 and less than 15 is chosen at random and denoted by x. What is the probability
that x2 – 29 is prime?
5 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 2 3 6
87. Passwords are used to identify users of a computer system. Suppose a password is a sequence of two letters
from the English alphabet followed by two digits. How many different passwords are there possible?
A. 66600 B. 67600 C. 65600 D. 66500
88. Five beauty pageant contestants and four judges of a beauty pageant are posing for a picture. In how many
ways can the photographer arrange them if they are to stand in a row?
A. 9! B. 5! 4! C. 5! + 4! D. 5! – 4!
89. Five beauty pageant contestants and four judges of a beauty pageant are posing for a picture. In how many
ways can the photographer arrange them if they are to be placed alternately in a row?
 A. 9! B. 5! 4! C. 5! + 4! D. 5! – 4!
90. Five beauty pageant contestants and four judges of a beauty pageant are posing for a picture. In how many
ways can the photographer arrange them if all the judges are to stand next to each other in one specific order?
A. 9! B. 5! 4! C. 5! D. 5! – 4
91. Election period is often exciting in the Philippines. Suppose that in the next senatorial election, a candidate
may be: (1) a male or a female Filipino, (2) from Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao, (3) affiliated with LAKAS, GO, LP,
TU or just and independent candidate. How many different kinds of candidates are possible using only these
three sets of criteria?
A. 24 B. 30 C. 40 D. 50
92. In how many different ways a 10-item true or false test be answered?
A. 102 B. 210 C. 52 D. 102 + 210
93. Using the digits 1 t0 9, how many different 3-digit numbers can be formed if repetition of digit is allowed?
A. 524 B. 604 C. 729 D. 704
94. Using the digits 1 t0 9, how many different 3-digit numbers can be formed if repetition of digit is not
allowed?
A. 504 B. 604 C. 729 D. 704
95. A box contains 6 white balls and 4 black balls. Three balls are taken at random from the box. What is the
probability that all three balls are white?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 2 3 4
96. A box contains 6 white balls and 4 black balls. Three balls are taken at random from the box. What is the
probability that two are white and 1 is black?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 2 4 3
97. A garment manufacturer has four sets of choices for producing shirts: Color {red, blue, green, yellow, orange},
Size {small, medium, large, extra-large}, Sleeve (long, short) and Print {batik, polka dots, stripes}. How many
different kinds of shorts could the manufacturer produce?
A. 150 B. 130 C. 120 D. 100
98. Find the probability of obtaining an ace on both the first and the second draws from a deck of cards when the
first card is not replaced before the second is drawn?
3 3 5 5
A. B. C. D.
663 676 676 663
99. Find the probability of obtaining an ace on both the first and second draws from a deck of cards, when the
first is not replaced before the second is drawn
3 16 5 5
A. B. C. D.
663 169 169 663
100. In a birthday party, a guest has a choice of juice-drink {orange, buko or mango}, and dessert {leche flan, ube,
or fruit salad}. How many juice-dessert pair does the guest has to choose from?
A. 6 B. 9 C. 10 D. 12
101. Suppose there are four cards numbered with the digits 2, 3, 4, and 5. How many three-digit numbers can be
formed by placing the cards side by side?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 20 D. 24
102. Five friends: Jose, Carlos, Carla, Ted and Flor took a bus ride in going home from school. There were exactly
five empty seats in the vehicle. In how many ways can they seat themselves?
A. 100 B. 110 C. 120 D. 125
103. In a raffle draw, Elvira won a free trip to any two of these cities: Baguio, Cebu, Bacolod and Zamboanga. How
many choices has she?
A. 4 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16
104. Five books in Mathematics, three in Physics, and two in Chemistry are to be arranged on a shelf than has
space just enough for these ten books. Assuming that the books in the same subject are identical, in how
many ways can they be arranged?
A. 50 B. 56 C. 60 D. 120
105. In a cooking class, Celia was given seven recipes by her teacher, and she was supposed to choose two from
these for her cooking demonstration. How many choices have she?
A. 20 B. 21 C. 25 D. 42
106. James and Jerry are playing games. James places tiles numbered 1 to 50 in a bag. James selects a tile at
random. If he selects a prime number or a number greater than 40, then he wins. What is the probability that
James will win on his first turn?
23 21 19 11
A. B. C. D.
50 50 50 50
For numbers 107 to 110, use the following situation:
 The international club of a school has 105 members, many of whom
speak multiple languages. The most commonly spoken languages in the
club are English, Korean and Chinese. Use the Venn diagram at the right to
determine:
107. the probability of selecting a student who does not speak English.
23 16 12 14
A. B. C. D.
105 105 105 105
108. the probability of selecting a student who speaks Korean given that he/she speaks English.
41 15 17 14
A. B. C. D.
89 89 89 89
109. the probability of selecting a student who speaks English given that he/she speaks Chinese.
11 15 21 17
A. B. C. D.
26 26 26 26
110. the probability of selecting a student who speaks Korean and English but not Chinese.
33 13 23 17
A. B. C. D.
105 105 105 105
111. Billy, Raul, and Jose are in a bicycle race. If each boy has an equal chance of winning, find the probability that
Jose wins the race.
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 2 3 4
112. Billy, Raul, and Jose are in a bicycle race. If each boy has an equal chance of winning, find the probability that
Raul finishes last.
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 3 2 4
113. Billy, Raul, and Jose are in a bicycle race. If each boy has an equal chance of winning, find the probability that
Jose, Raul, and Billy finish first, second, and third, respectively.
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
6 2 3 4
114. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?
A. matching shirts and pants
B. forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of which are collinear
C. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
D. forming a committee from the members of a club
115. Mrs. De Leon wants to produce different sets of test questions for her essay test. If she plans to do this by
putting together 3 out of 5 questions she prepared., how many sets of questions could she produce?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 60 D. 80
116. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?
A. Selecting 2 songs from 10 choices for an audition piece
B. Fixing the schedule of a group of students who must take exactly 8 subjects
C. Enumerating the subsets of a set
D. Identifying the lines by connecting some given points on a plane
117. Ms. Santos asked Renz to draw all the diagonals of a certain polygon on the blackboard. Renz ws able to draw
27 diagonals which his teacher declared correct. What was the given polygon?
A. pentagon B. hexagon C. nonagon D. decagon
118. Jane wants to solve a system of equations through elimination by combining any two equations. The numbers
of equations she has is equal to the number of variables. She realizes that she has 10 possible ways to start
her solution. How many equations does she have?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
119. A caterer offers 3 kinds of soup, 7 kinds of main dish, 4 kinds of vegetable dish, and 4 kinds of dessert. In how
many possible ways can the caterer form a meal consisting of 1 soup, 2 main course, 1 vegetable dish, and 2
desserts?
A. 140 B. 336 C. 672 D. 1512
120. There are 11 different food items in a buffet. A customer is asked to get a certain number of items. If the
customer has 462 possible ways as a result, which of the following did he possible do?
A. Choose 4 out of 11 items C. Choose 8 out of 11 items
B. Choose 6 out of 11 items D. Choose 7 out of 11 items.

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