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Counting Principles

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How many five-digit numbers are there that contain at least one digit 7?

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There are 20 students in a class with 12 boys and 8 girls. Four students are selected at random to form a team. Find:


a) The total number of possible teams.


b) The number of teams having 2 boys and 2 girls.


c) The number of teams with only 1 gender.

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Fifteen volunteers are assigned to three different workstations, with five volunteers at each station. Each workstation is managed by a supervisor, who stays at their assigned station.


Find the number of ways in which the remaining twelve volunteers can be allocated to the workstations. (The arrangement of people within a particular workstation is not relevant).

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A team of 6 students is to be chosen at random to participate in a science quiz competition. The team is to be chosen from a group of 10 engineering students and 5 science students.


Find the number of ways:

a) If there are no restrictions on the subject of the students.


b) That only engineering students are chosen.


c) That all five science students are chosen.

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A coach and six of his athletes attend an awards ceremony. They have a row of 10 seats to themselves.


a) Find the number of ways they can sit if the coach and his athletes sit together.


b) The coach and his athletes decide that the coach should sit at one end of the row, and the athletes will sit in the remaining seats. How many different seating arrangements are possible?

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Elena and Maya are competing in a 12-player chess tournament where there are no ties.


a) Find the total number of possible ways in which the 12 players can finish if Maya finishes immediately after Elena.


b) Find the total number of possible ways in which the 12 players can finish if Maya finishes in any position after Elena.

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There are 15 players on a basketball team who are asked to line up in one straight line for a team photo. Four of the team members named Alex, Ben, Charlie, and David refuse to stand next to each other. There is no restriction on the order in which the other team members position themselves.


Find the number of different orders in which the 15 team members can be positioned for the photo.

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We construct 6-digit serial numbers using all digits except 0 (that is, the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).


a) Find the total number of possible serial numbers.


b) Find the number of possible serial numbers:


i) Of different digits (no digit can be repeated).


ii) That contain only odd digits.


iii) That do not contain the digit 5.


iv) That contain the digit 5.

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