SOLUTION: If an experiment consists of throwing a die and then drawing a letter at random from the English alphabet, how many points are in the sample space? -a. How many distinct permutati

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Question 567608: If an experiment consists of throwing a die and then drawing a letter at random from the English alphabet, how many points are in the sample space?
-a. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word columns?
b. How many of these permutations start with the letter “m”?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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If an experiment consists of throwing a die and then drawing a letter at random from the English alphabet, how many points are in the sample space?
Ans: 6*26
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-a. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word columns?
Ans: 7! = 5040
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b. How many of these permutations start with the letter “m”?
Ans: 1*6! = 720
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Stan H.