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Five points lie on a circle. How many chords can be drawn through them?

10

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How many diagonals does a hexagon have?

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There are five teams in a league. How many games are played if every team plays each other twice?

20

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A team plays 15 games a season. In how many ways can it have 8 wins and 7 losses?

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In how many different ways can a 4-child family have 2 boys and 2 girls?

6

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A coin is tossed five times. In how many ways can it fall three heads and two tails?

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The shopping area of a town is a square that is six blocks by six blocks. How many different routes can a taxi driver take to go from one corner of the shopping area to the opposite cater-corner?

924

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If the shopping area in [link] has a rectangular form of 5 blocks by 3 blocks, then how many different routes can a taxi driver take to drive from one end of the shopping area to the opposite kitty corner end?

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Combinations involving several sets

Following problems involve combinations from several different sets.

How many 5-people committees consisting of three boys and two girls can be chosen from a group of four boys and four girls?

24

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A club has 4 men, 5 women, 8 boys and 10 girls as members. In how many ways can a group of 2 men, 3 women, 4 boys and 4 girls be chosen?

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How many 4-people committees chosen from four men and six women will have at least three men?

25

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A batch contains 10 transistors of which three are defective. If three are chosen, in how many ways can one get two defective?

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In how many ways can five counters labeled A, B, C, D and E at a store be staffed by two men and three women chosen from a group of four men and six women?

14,400

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How many 4-letter word sequences consisting of two vowels and two consonants can be made from the letters of the word PHOENIX if no letter is repeated?

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Three marbles are chosen from an urn that contains 5 red, 4 white, and 3 blue marbles. How many samples of the following type are possible?

All three of the same color.

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Five coins are chosen from a bag that contains 4 dimes, 5 nickels, and 6 pennies. How many samples of five of the following type are possible?

At least four nickels.

51

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Two of one kind and two of another kind.

1,410

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Three of one kind and two of another kind.

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Find the number of different ways to draw a 5-card hand from a deck to have the following combinations.

Three face cards.

171,600

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A heart flush(all hearts).

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Two hearts and three diamonds.

22,308

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Two cards of one suit, and three of another suit.

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Two kings and three queens.

24

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Two cards of one value and three of another value.

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Binomial theorem

Use the Binomial Theorem to do the following problems.

Expand a + b 5 size 12{ left (a+b right ) rSup { size 8{5} } } {} .

a 5 + 5a 4 b + 10 a 3 b 2 + 10 a 2 b 3 + 5 ab 4 + b 5 size 12{a rSup { size 8{5} } +5a rSup { size 8{4} } b+"10"a rSup { size 8{3} } b rSup { size 8{2} } +"10"a rSup { size 8{2} } b rSup { size 8{3} } +5 ital "ab" rSup { size 8{4} } +b rSup { size 8{5} } } {}
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Expand a b 6 size 12{ left (a - b right ) rSup { size 8{6} } } {} .

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Expand x 2y 5 size 12{ left (x - 2y right ) rSup { size 8{5} } } {} .

x 5 10 x 4 y + 40 x 3 y 2 80 x 2 y 3 + 80 xy 4 32 y 5 size 12{x rSup { size 8{5} } - "10"x rSup { size 8{4} } y+"40"x rSup { size 8{3} } y rSup { size 8{2} } - "80"x rSup { size 8{2} } y rSup { size 8{3} } +"80" ital "xy" rSup { size 8{4} } - "32"y rSup { size 8{5} } } {}
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Expand 2x 3y 4 size 12{ left (2x - 3y right ) rSup { size 8{4} } } {} .

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Find the third term of 2x 3y 6 size 12{ left (2x - 3y right ) rSup { size 8{6} } } {} .

2160 x 4 y 2 size 12{"2160"x rSup { size 8{4} } y rSup { size 8{2} } } {}
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Find the sixth term of 5x + y 8 size 12{ left (5x+y right ) rSup { size 8{8} } } {} .

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Find the coefficient of the x 3 y 4 size 12{x rSup { size 8{3} } y rSup { size 8{4} } } {} term in the expansion of 2x + y 7 size 12{ left (2x+y right ) rSup { size 8{7} } } {} .

280

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Find the coefficient of the a 4 b 6 size 12{a rSup { size 8{4} } b rSup { size 8{6} } } {} term in the expansion of 3a b 10 size 12{ left (3a - b right ) rSup { size 8{"10"} } } {} .

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A coin is tossed 5 times, in how many ways is it possible to get three heads and two tails?

10

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Source:  OpenStax, Applied finite mathematics. OpenStax CNX. Jul 16, 2011 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10613/1.5
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