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Q:

How many ways are there to deal a five-card hand consisting of three eight's and two sevens?

A) 36 B) 72
C) 24 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

Explanation:

If a card hand that consists of four Queens and an Ace is rearranged, nothing has changed.

 

The hand still contains four Queens and an Ace. Thus, use the combination formula for problems with cards.

 

We have 4 eights and 4 sevens.

We want 3 eights and 2 sevens.

C(have 4 eights, want 3 eights) x C(have 4 sevens, want 2 sevens) 

C(4,3) x C(4,2) = 24

 

Therefore there are 24 different ways in which to deal the desired hand.

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A school has scheduled three volleyball games, two soccer games, and four basketball games. You have a ticket allowing you to attend three of the games. In how many ways can you go to two basketball games and one of the other events?

A) 25 B) 30
C) 50 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 30

Explanation:

Since order does not matter it is a combination. 

 

The word AND means multiply. 

 

Given 4 basketball, 3 volleyball, 2 soccer. 

 

We want 2 basketball games and 1 other event. There are 5 choices left. 

C(n,r) 

C(How many do you have, How many do you want) 

C(have 4 basketball, want 2 basketball) x C(have 5 choices left, want 1) 

C(4,2) x C(5,1) = (6)(5) = 30

 

Therefore there are 30 different ways in which you can go to two basketball games and one of the other events.

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Determine the total number of five-card hands that can be drawn from a deck of 52 cards.

A) 2589860 B) 2598970
C) 2598960 D) 2430803
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2598960

Explanation:

When a hand of cards is dealt, the order of the cards does not matter. If you are dealt two kings, it does not matter if the two kings came with the first two cards or the last two cards. Thus cards are combinations. There are 52 cards in a deck and we want to know how many different ways we can put them in groups of five at a time when order does not matter. The combination formula is used.

C(52,5) = 2,598,960

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Find the number of ways to take 20 objects and arrange them in groups of 5 at a time where order does not matter.?

A) 57090 B) 15540
C) 15504 D) 23670
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 15504

Explanation:

C520 = 15504

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Find the number of ways to take 4 people and place them in groups of 3 at a time where order does not matter?

A) 4 B) 12
C) 36 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

Since order does not matter, use the combination formula 

C34 = 24/6 = 4

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If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word ‘SACHIN’ appears at serial number :

A) 601 B) 600
C) 603 D) 602
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 601

Explanation:

If the word started with the letter A then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in  5! Ways.

 

If it started with c then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.Similarly if it started with H,I,N the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.

 

If it started with S then the remaining position can be filled with A,C,H,I,N in alphabetical order as on dictionary.

 

The required word SACHIN can be obtained after the 5X5!=600 Ways i.e. SACHIN is the 601th letter.

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In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women?

A) 135 B) 63
C) 125 D) 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 63

Explanation:

Required number of ways = (7C5*3C2) = (7C2*3C1) = 63

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From 5 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words can be formed using 3 consonants and 2 vowels ?

A) 7600 B) 7200
C) 6400 D) 3600
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 7200

Explanation:

From 5 consonants, 3 consonants can be selected in 5C3 ways.

 

From 4 vowels, 2 vowels can be selected in 4C2 ways.

 

Now with every selection, number of ways of arranging 5 letters is 5P5ways.

 

Total number of words = 5C3*4C2*5P5

 

                                = 10x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1= 7200

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