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Question 392653: I will have four guests for bridge, for a total of five players. We play four hands and then rotate partners. One will sit out in each round. Is there a
combination which would have all players to play the same number of rounds; if so, how many rounds would be required?
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Question 393118: There are 3 people who are chosen to serve on a committee out of a group of 3 girls and 4 boys. How many different committees can be formed?
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Question 393195: How many different ways are there to seat 20 people in 20 different seats?
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Question 393530: Suppose we flip four coins simultaneously: a penny, a nickel, a dime, and a quarter. What is the probability that
(a) they all come up heads?
(b) the penny and nickel both come up heads?
(c) the penny and dime both come up the same?
(d) at least 15 cents wort of coins come up heads?
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Question 393533: 3 cards are chosen at random from a standard 52-card deck. What is the probability that they form a pair? (A 3-card hand is a pair if two of the cards match in rand but the third card is different.)
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Question 393532: Suppose 5 different integers are randomly chosen from between 20 and 69, inclusive. What is the probability that they each have a different tens digit?
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Question 393531: Suppose two distinct integers are chosen from between 5 and 17, inclusive. What is the probability that their product is odd?
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Question 393531: Suppose two distinct integers are chosen from between 5 and 17, inclusive. What is the probability that their product is odd?
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Question 393607: in how many different ways can a true-false test containing of 9 questions be answered?
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Question 394013: n coins are simultaneously flipped. The probability that at most one of them shows tails is 3/16. Find n.
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Question 394012: 8 coins are simultaneously flipped. What is the probability that heads are showing on at most 2 of them?
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Question 394011: A bag has 3 red and k white marbles, where k is an (unknown) positive integer. Two of the marbles are chosen at random from the bag. If the probability that the two marbles are the same color is 1/2, find k.
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Question 394009: One member of the debate team is going to be chosen President. Each member is equally likely to be chosen. The probability that a boy is chosen is 3/4 the probability that a girl is chosen. Girls make up what fraction of the debate team?
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Question 394463: The letters of the word "SIXTEEN" are randomly arranged. What is the probability that the two E's are not next to each other?
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Question 394477: 15. Lara has been invited to a picnic on Saturday. The picnic will occur, rain of shine. If it rains, there is a 20% probability that Lara will decide to go, but if it's sunny, there is an 80% chance of rain. What is the probability that Lara will attend the picnic?
16. Three cards are dealt at random from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that:
(a) The first card is a Jack, the second card is a Queen, and the third card is a King?
(b) All three cards are hearts?
(c) The first card is a 4, the second card is a club, and the third card is a 2?
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Question 394470: A standard deck of 52 cards is shuffled. What is the probability that
(a) the top card is a heart?
(b) the top card is a 5?
(c) the top card is the King of diamonds?
(d) the top card is a face card?
(e) the top card red and the second card is black?
(f) the top card is a 3 and the second card is an 8?
(g) the top two cards are Aces?
(h) the top three cards are Spades?
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Question 394730: There are 5 groups (A,B,C,D,E)and in each group there are 4 teams. Each team in a group will play against the other team only once.
how many games will each group play?
How many games are played total?
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Question 394474: Spiffy the Spider has 8 legs, each of which is a different color. Spiffy has a sock and a shoe for each of his eight legs (so that he has one sock and one shoe in each of the eight colors). In how many ways can Spiffy put on his socks and shoes, if each sock and shoe must go on with the matching color, and the sock must go on before the shoe?
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Question 394740: Let �(x) = 3x2 � 2x and g(x) = x � 6. Find each value. show me step by step please:)
(� � g)(2)
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Question 395385: Sarah decided to try telemarketing. She calls people from 3pm to 9pm. Marley has a 15% chance of being called during this time. If Marley eats dinner from 6:6:30, how likely is it that she'll have a conversation with Sarah during this time?
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Question 395641: Suppose that two fair dice are tossed. What is the probability that the sum is an even number given that it exceeds 9
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Question 395702: When throwing a pair of dice, find the probability that the numbers shown have a difference of 3.
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Question 395917: there are several routes for denzell to ride his bike. he says he can travel a different way every weekend for 52 weekends never repeating the same journey is he correct, explain please i am stumped thank you for your time
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Question 395700: How many ways can you arrange 5 employees in a circular table with only three seats?

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Question 396177: A group consisting of 3 boys and 2 girls is to line-up in a row for a photograph. In how many
ways may this be done assuming that
(a) there are no restrictions?
(b) the boys and the girls are each to stand together?
(c) only the two girls are to stand together?
(d) Rachel and Jonathan must not stand together?
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Question 396688: 1. how many different ways can the letters "SIMILAR" be arranged if letter "I" must be first letter?
2. how many different ways can the letters "TRIGONOMETRY" be arranged if a vowel must be first letter?
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Question 396791: If 5 students are all sitting in a row of seats, In how many different ways can they seat themselves?
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Question 396795: a 4-letter word is to made using letters from the set (a,b,c,d,e,f) How many words are possible assuming that
a)there are no restrictions
b) no repetition of letters is permitted
c) adjacent letters in the word may not be the same?
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Question 396981: in how many ways can the letters of the word today be arranged using only 3 of the letters at a time
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Question 396609: if 4 letters of the word "MATHEMATICAL" are ramdomly selected,how many combinations can be found?
How many permutations can be found of the 4 letters selected?

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Question 397991: A baseball manager chooses his lineup 1-9. How many ways can he organize his lineup if the pitcher doe not hit in the first four?
I did 9*8*7*6*6*5*4*3*2
is this correct?
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Question 397989: What is the probability that if you rearranged the letters in the word TURKEY, you would get a �word� that starts with R and ends with a vowel?
I tried two ways to get the answer and I don't know which is correct.
1) (1/6) * (2/5) = 1/15
2) ((C (6.1) * C(5.2)) / 6! = 1/12
Are either of these correct?
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Question 397990: 3A store has 5 shirts, 4 Jackets, 8 Pants, and 2 Socks. In how many ways (different orders) can these objects be put on display? ( Jacket, Jacket is the same as Jacket, Jacket. I.E treat all the items of the same object as the same)
I tried
(21!/(5!*4!*8!*2!)
Is this correct?
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Question 398094: the letters in the word BANANAS are to be arranged.A word can be considered formed without being meaningful.Finds event R, Q and T.
R: the words start and end with an A
Q: All the N's in the word are kept together
T: All the A's in the word are kept together
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Question 398131: 1) how many different ways can the letters in the word STATISTICS be arranged if all the letters T are seperated?
2) a group of five people is to be formed from 6 men and 8 women for a trip.In how many ways can the five people be selected if John and Mary must go on the trip and there are more men than women?
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Question 398234: Find the fourth term in the expansion of (2x-1)^6
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Question 398234: Find the fourth term in the expansion of (2x-1)^6
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Question 398234: Find the fourth term in the expansion of (2x-1)^6
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Question 398229: You are given an exam with 22 questions and may choose 2 not to answer, how many ways can you pick the questions to answer?
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Question 398228: If you have 20 students in your class how many different ways can a committee of 5 be chosen if 1 person on the committee will be the president?
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Question 399184: 1-in how many ways can a committee of 3 be selected from a class of 8 students?

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Question 399814: If a team of four players must be made from 8 boys and 6 girls, how many teams can be made if there must be two boys and two girls?

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