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Question 931597: There are four mailboxes outside a post office. In how many ways can three letters be deposited into the 4 boxes?
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Question 931598: A computer monitor produces color by blending colors on palettes. If a computer monitor has four palettes and each palette has four colors, how many blended colors can be formed? Assume each palette must be used each time.
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Question 931607: if we add any five odd number between 1to19 the sum should be equal to 30 ? what are th five odd numbers?number can be repeated?

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Question 931650: In how many ways can the letters A, B, C, D, and E be arranged for a five-letter security code?
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Question 931752: What is the probability of a Miami basketball team winning all three of a series of game, assuming the team are evenly matched?
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Question 932102: A company assigns to each of its employees an id code that consists of one, two, or three letters followed by a digit from 0 to 9. How many employee codes does the company have?
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Question 932652: how many ways can a student select 5 questions from an exam containing 9 questions

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Question 932737: How many groups of 4 students can be formed if there are 25 in the class?
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Question 932915: A true-false examination contains 10 question. In how many ways can a person answer the question on this test just by guessing? Assume that all questions are answered.
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Question 932982: There are 20 people who work in a office together. Five of these people are selected to go to a conference. How many selections are possible?
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Question 933080: How many solution of the equation x+y+z=2013;where x,y,z are the sides of a triangle?
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Question 933167: please list all possible combinations of 1 2 5 7 9 0
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Question 933161: Arrange 9cats in 8 boxes.
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Question 933467: Please explain how tail behavior works. This question is really confusing me.
Here's the image:
http://i.imgur.com/sLruXc7.png
Thank you!
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Question 933642: A bag contains 2 white and 3 red balls.in how many ways can 3 balls be choosen if at least 4 balls must be white
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Question 933396: There are 5 people and 5 different pairs of shoes. If each person chooses at random one right shoe and one left shoe how many combinations can be made in which no one gets a correct pair.
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Question 933939: A soccer team coach needs to select a team of 11 players, with 3 alternatives out of a group
of 25 candidates. How many possible teams are there?

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Question 933501: How many 8-letter words can be made from football?
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Question 933287: how many odd numbers are there greater than 1000 and less then 100000
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Question 934133: There are 10 persons named p1,p2,................,p10. Out of 10 persons, 5 persons are to be arranged in a line such that in each arrangement p1 must occur whereas p4 and p5 do not occur. Find the no of such possible arrangements.

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Question 934130: A man has 7 friends and he want to invite 3 of them at a party.Find how many parties to each of 3 different friends he can�give.
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Question 934129: �Prove that the no. of ways in which 20 boys and 3 girls can sit in a row such that between any two girls at least 7 boys sit and no girl sit at either end of the row is 210 x (20)!
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Question 934194: in a chess match between two players A and B one point is scored fro a win, 1/2 a point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. If the present score is A 9/2 TO b 5/2, HOW MANY GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED/

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Question 934459: which 25 words can be made by RANDOM acc. to dictionary
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Question 934463: ok so this isn't homework, this is a work related thing that I just cant get my head around,
if at any one time I have 8 flavoured yogurts, we have 17 different toppings and 6 different sauces, how many combinations can be made?
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Question 934362: A group of 23 friends gets together to play a sport. First, people must be divided into teams. Each team has to have exactly 4 players, and no one can be on more than one team. How many teams can they make? (It is possible that not everyone can be on a team.)
(Do not include units in your answer.)
Answer:
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Question 934404: in rugby, 4 points are scored for a try, 2 points for a goal kick and 3 points for a penalty goal. List all the different ways of getting 19 points.
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Question 934519: How many different 5 letter passwords can be created for a software access if no letter can be used more than once?
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Question 934544: How many five card draws without replacement are possible from a deck of 52 cards?
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Question 934554: there are 18 students in a class. How can 3 of them be picked for president, vice president, and treasurer.

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Question 934553: In how many ways can eight applicants be scheduled for a job interview?
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Question 934552: How many three letter English words without repeated letters can we make?
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Question 934615: How many numbers less than 1 million do not contain the digit 2?
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Question 934707: A multiple-choice test has 20 questions, with an equal number of each of the answers A, B, C, D and E. How many possible arrangements of answers are possible?
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Question 934680: How many counting numbers less than one million contain the digit 2?
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Question 934679: Twenty five points no three of which are collinear are given in the plane.
How many straight lines do they determine?
How many triangles do they determine?
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Question 934646: How many different codes can be made using three different letters followed by three digits where the second digit cannot be 8 or 2?
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Question 934575: 8. Employees at a company are to be issued a computer ID code that consists of three letters followed by two digits (0 to 9). How many ID codes are possible if
a. Repetition is allowed?
b. Letters may not repeat, but digits may repeat?
c. Neither letters nor digits may repeat?
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Question 934543: Twenty five points no three of which are collinear are given in the plane.
A) How many straight lines do they determine?
B) How many triangles do they determine?
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Question 934506: if five men A,B,C,D,E speak at a meeting ,in how many ways can they do so without B speaking before A?
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Question 933285: how many 5 digits numbers are there?
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Question 934323: a total of 32 students have entered a spelling contest. There are 6 medals for first through sixth place that will be awarded. In how many different ways can the medals be awarded?
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Question 934112: How many solutions of the equation x+y+z=2013;where x,y,z are sides of a triangle and x,y,z are positive integers?
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