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Question 727069: Trying to evaluate 140p1. I am using calculator by typing 140!/139!. I am getting an error message.
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Question 728377: In how many ways can a mixed commitee of 5 be selected from 5 boys and 4 girls if the boys must be in the majority?
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Question 728858: a student is declared pass if he passes in all 6 subjects .in how many ways he can fail
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Question 728857: 10 students are participating in a competition .In how many ways can the 1st 3 prizes be won?
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Question 728968: There are 40 people in a room. 23 are wearing jeans, 17 are wearing a T-shirt, and 12 are wearing both jeans and a T-shirt. If a person is selected at random, then find the probability that they are wearing jeans but not a T-shirt. Answer in fraction form and reduce.
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Question 729270: A family discovered they can stand in a row for their portrait in 720 ways. How many members are in the family
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Question 729648: how many ways can a baseball coach select four starting pitchers from a pitching staff of eight
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Question 729649: There are 40 dogs entered in a dog show how many ways can a first place and a second place ribbon be awarded
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Question 729647: Four students are to be chosen from a roster of 9 students to attend a science camp. In how many ways can these 4 students be chosen?
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Question 729777: Hello, having issues with this question, please help
Using the digits 0 – 9, find out how many 4 digit passcodes (Like 0056 or 3984) can be configured based on the stated conditions.
The passcode must begin with an odd digit and end with an even digit. (Repetition OK)

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Question 729775: Hello, having issues with this question, please help.
Using the digits 0 – 9, find out how many 4 digit passcodes (Like 0056 or 3984) can be configured based on the stated conditions.
The passcode can't start with a 0, a 1, or a 2 and no digits may be repeated.

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Question 730009: There are 40 dogs entered in a dog show. How many ways can a first place and a second place ribbon be awarded?
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Question 730162: How many 9 are sandwiched between the first 6 & the last 7 in 696996676979669779667
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Question 730191: Ten students are to sit on a bench. If two particular student must not sit next to each other, how many sitting arrangement are possible?
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Question 730199: in how many ways the word cheese can be arranged?
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Question 730373: how many groups of four can be made with five people?
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Question 730640: how can i solve this quiz?
Flipping a fair coin 4 times. We win x euros when we bring x crowns unless we bring a single crown so not winning anything.
On average how many euros to win this game? (find the expected value)
i will use E(X)=np?

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Question 730643: How many ways can 10 children be arranged in a line? Find the probability that the children are in alphabetical order.
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Question 730731: Your teacher chooses 2 students at random to represent your homeroom. The homeroom has a total of 30 students, including your best friend. What is the probability that you and your best friend are chosen?
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Question 730730: Hi, From numbers 1 throught 24 how may set of 12 numbers can I make with no number being use twice in one set?
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Question 731274: In how many ways can you choose 2 side dishes from 15 entrees?
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Question 731274: In how many ways can you choose 2 side dishes from 15 entrees?
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Question 731385: Four students are to be chosen from a group of 10 to fill the positions of president vice president treasurer and secretary . In how many ways can this be accomplished?
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Question 731381: A lock contains 3 dials each with ten digits. How many possible sequences of numbers exist?
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Question 732032:
of the people at sunrise school 40% are female students 5% are staff and the remaining people are male students. There are 270 more students than female students. How many people are at sunrise school

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Question 731957: The number of ways to arrange the letters of the word 'CHEESE'are
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Question 731945: (X+2y)^6 what is the 4th term of this algebric expression?
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Question 732131: whats the answer for -6(4w-v-5)
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Question 731961: how many permutations are there with the numbers 1 to 24 i need the answer in this way for example 10.000 to 1 or 1 in 24.000
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Question 731941: The integer X has probability density
fX(n) = 1/22 (1) (1<=n<=22)
and the integer Y TM has probability density
fY(n) = 1/17 (1) (1<=n<=17)
Symbolism: (1)... is 1 if the condition is in the parentheses its true and 0 otherwise.
TM Z is defined as follows: flipping a fair coin. If it comes up heads then we set Z = X else Z = Y. we
What is the expected value E{Z};
i need some help here to solve this

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Question 731856: There are 6 boys,6 girls and 2 canoes.How many arrangements are possible where there are 3 boys in 1 canoe and 3 girls in the other canoe. Answer in book says 200?
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Question 732090: A C.R and a wise C.R are selected from 50 students. How many different choices are
possible if
i) There is no restriction
ii) Mr.A will serve only if he is C.R
iii) Mr.B and Mr.C will serve together or not at all
iv) Mr.D and Mr.E will not serve together

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Question 732291: Ten students are in pairs on a field trip. How many different pairs of students are possible?
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Question 732291: Ten students are in pairs on a field trip. How many different pairs of students are possible?
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Question 732241: 1. A committee of 5 people is to be chosen from a group of 8 women and 10 men.
a. How many different committees are possible?
How many are possible if the following restrictions are enforced
b. The committee must feature both men and women?
c. The committee must feature 3 women and two men?
d. The committee must have more women than men?

I am having a hard time with these questions, all I have so far for a is:
8P5= 6720 committees from the group of 8 women
10P5= 30, 240 committees from the group of 10 men
18P5= 1,028,160 committees from both groups

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Question 732369: An art supply store sells tubes of white paint in 4 sizes and in 3 different brands. How many different choices of size/ brands are possible?
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Question 732503: how many ways can you choose 2 stamps out of 7

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Question 732500: Your class is electing a president and vice president. How many ways can a president and vice president be selected from 25?
300
150
600
50

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Question 732606: This is a question I had trouble with:
From a group of 5 boys and 4 girls, a committee of 4 must be selected. The committee must have at least one boy and at least one girl. How many ways can this be done?

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Question 732652: In a room inside are 10 people whose ages are:
5, 5, 6, 6, 20, 21, 21, 22, 28, 31.
Choose one of these people at random. What is the average (expectation value) age of the person you choose?
can i have some help here?

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Question 732691: Can someone please go in depth and explain to me how to do 21 C 19 and 16 C 3 i don't wanna use the calculator
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Question 732900: In a fifty question true false examination a student must achieve twenty five correct
answers to pass. If student answer randomly what is the probability that student
will fail.

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Question 732899: prove that for every positive integer n, n3
+ n is even

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Question 733681: how many different ways can three $500.00 prizes be awarded in a contest with 20 people, if no one can win two prizes
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Question 733667: any ideas to solve this?
Flipping a coin 10 times. The crown currency brings with probability 0.57. If we total k heads you win 2 ^ k €.
What is the average profit in this game?


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