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The document consists of a series of mathematical problems related to combinatorics and probability. It includes questions on counting arrangements, selections, and probabilities involving cards, integers, and various groups of individuals. Each problem requires specific calculations based on given conditions and constraints.

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The document consists of a series of mathematical problems related to combinatorics and probability. It includes questions on counting arrangements, selections, and probabilities involving cards, integers, and various groups of individuals. Each problem requires specific calculations based on given conditions and constraints.

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1.

In how many ways can a number be chosen from 1 to 22 such that:

a. It is a multiple of 3 or 8?

b. It is a multiple of 2 or 3?

2. How many three-digit number can be formed from the digit 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, if:

a. Each digit can be repeated, and these are odd numbers

b. Each digit can be used only once, and these are even numbers?

c. Each digit can be used only once and greater than or equal to 341?

d. Each digit can be repeated and less than 430?

3. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How many signals

can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more flags?

4. How many ways can 3 blue, 2 red and 4 yellow bulbs be arranging in a string of Christmas

tree lights with nine sockets?

5. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at a time are taken and arranged any way.

How many such combinations are possible?

6. From a group of professionals consisting of 5 Engineers and 4 Architects. Find the number

of committees that can be formed consisting of 5 professionals with:

a. No restriction.

b. Three engineers and 2 architects.


c. At least 3 architects.

7. In how many ways can you arrange 4 Filipinos, 6 Thais and 2 Koreans in a line if:

a. There is no restriction?

b. Only 2 Filipinos and 3 Thais are allowed to fall in line and same nationalities are together?

8. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letter of the word ENGINEERING?

a. Without restriction?

b. Should start with N and ends with E?

9. In how many ways can you arrange 4 Filipinos, 6 Thais and 2 Koreans in a line if:

a. Same nationalities are together?

b. Only 2 Filipinos and 3 Thais are allowed to fall in line?

10.If you have 6 different Christmas greeting cards and you want to send them to at least 3 of

your friends, in how many ways can this be done?

11. There are 5 novels and 4 biographies.

a. In how many ways can 4 novels and 2 biographies be selected?

b. In how many ways can 4 novels and 2 biographies can be arranged on a shelf?

12.In how many ways can 8 persons be arranged on a round table if all of them can sit? If there

are only 5 chairs available?


13. Four married couples have bought 8 seats in the same row for a concert. In how many ways

can they be seated?

a. With no restrictions

b. If each couple is to sit together

c. If all the men sit together to the right of all the women?

1. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of drawing:

a. a face card.

b. a king or a red card.

c. a face card or a black card.

2. On a TV quiz show, a contestant is asked to pick an integer at random from the first 100

consecutive positive integers, that is, the integers 1 to 100. What is the probability that the

contestant will win the prize if the winning number is divisible by 9 or 12? 10 and 15?

3. In a poker hand consisting of 6 cards, find the probability of holding:

a. A Heart and at least 3 Diamonds

b. No Queen

4. Six married couples attended a convention. The announcer will choose two people from this

couple to go up stage. What is the probability that a married couple will be chosen?
5. A box contains 3 green, 4 red and 5 white balls. If two balls are picked at random without

replacement, what is the probability that both are of different colors? Red ball first then other

color.

6. One bag contains of 4 white balls and 3 black balls, and a second bag contains 3 white balls

and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn from the first bag and placed unseen in the second bag.

What is the probability that a ball now drawn for the second bag is black?

7. The probability that a married man watches a certain television show is 0.4, and the

probability that a married woman watches the show is 0.5. The probability that a man watches

the show, given that the wife does is 0.7. Find the probability that

a. A married couple watches the show.

b. A wife watches, given that her husband does.

c. A husband watches, given that his wife doesn’t.

8. In an experiment to study the relationship of hypertension and smoking habits, the

following data are collected for 180 individuals.

Where H and NH in the table stands for hypertension and non-hypertension, respectively. If

one of these individuals is selected at random,

a. Find the probability that the person is experiencing hypertension, given that the person is

a heavy smoker.

b. Find the probability that the person is a non-smoker, given that the person is experiencing

no hypertension.

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