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Question 1047503: A committe consists of 12 Republicans and 19 Democrats. How many different subcomittees of 5 can be formed if the subcomittee of 2 Republicans and 3 Democrats?
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Question 1047742: How many words can be formed with Machine
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Question 1047834: a rectangle is cut by 6 parallel and 8 lines perpendicular to the base. find the total number of rectangles thus formed.
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Question 1047965: A school district is going to hire a soccer coach and an assistant soccer coach. In how many different ways can the selection be made if 28 equally qualified people apply for the position?
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Question 1048222: Find answers to the following questions:
1. C(6,2)/5!
2.5!/2!*0!
3. 8!/2!*4!
4. 7!/P

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Question 1048431: how many ways can 8 books ordered from 1 to 8 be arranged on a shelf so that at least 1 is out of order?
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Question 1048588: how many different committees of five from a group of fourteen students can be selected if Qistina and Fahmi insist on serving together or not at all?
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Question 1048693: find the number of four letter arrangements of the word shoot
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Question 1049081: I have never done a problem such as the following, and my book isn't helping. My answer must be a whole number.
Let
U = {x | x is the name of one of the months in a year}
J = {x | x is in U and x begins with the letter J}
Y = {x | x is in U and x ends with the letter Y}.
Find n(J ∪ Y).

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Question 1049298: 6 freshmen, 6 sophomores, 7 juniors, and 6 seniors are eligible to be on a committee.
In how many ways can a dance committee of 10 students be chosen if it is to consist of exactly 2 juniors and exactly 3 seniors, and the rest must be freshman or sophomores?

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Question 1049339: There are 9! ways to arrange the digits 1-9 to form a 9-digit number. If you know this, then if you wrote all 9! possibilities on cards (1 way per card), and asked your friend to select one at random; what is the probability that the number he/she selected is prime?
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Question 1049514: In a group of 20 people, how long will it take each person to shake hands with each of the other persons in the group, assuming that it takes three seconds for each handshake and only two people can shake hands at a time? How long if the group size is increased to 40 people?
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Question 1049662:
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Question 1049663: Ursula has the tiles numbered as 1, 3, 2, 6. How many different ways can she arrange the tiles to form numbers that are divisible by 6?
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Question 1049798: How many different ways can the letters A A A B B C be arranged in a row?
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Question 1049797: Two freshmen, 2 sophomores, 2 juniors, and 3 seniors are on a panel. In how many ways can the panelists be seated if each class must sit together?
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Question 1049774: How many positive even integers of three different digits each are less than 400?
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Question 1050027: y=3(x-2)^2+3 y=6x-12
how to use substitution for these equations.

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Question 1050011: Using the digits 0-9, how many six digit numbers can be formed if no digits can be repeated?
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Question 1050452: The letters of the word ZENITH are written in all possible orders.How many words are possible, if all these words are written up as in a dictionary? What is tha rank of the word ZENITH ?

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Question 1050548: A multiple choice test consists of 8 question; each with 4 possible answers but only one of which is correct. In how many ways can a student answer the 8 question and
a. Get them all correct?
b. Get them all wrong?
c. Fet atleast one correct answer?

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Question 1050194: how many 13 card hands are there that have exactly eight spades and no diamonds?
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Question 1050829: How many different ways can a visiting nurse see six patient if she is to visit most 3 of them in one day?
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Question 1050843: Solve the equation for n: nP2 = 6
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Question 1050835: A group of 4 members is tobe formed from 5men and 4 women. how many groups may be formed? That the group consist of
a. All men
b. 2men and 2women
c. exactly 3 women
d. atleast 3women
e. atleast 1man
f. Mr. Cruz, one of the men is the head of the commitee
g. mr. and mrs. Cruz refused to be a member of the committee

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Question 1050844: Can you help me solve this question?
In how many ways can the 5 Simpsons be arranged on their living room couch if Homer and Bart cannot seat next to each other?


please and thank you

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Question 1050865: What is 1-2+3-4+5-6+...+2013?
I have no idea how to do this problem. The answer is 1007
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!!

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Question 1050865: What is 1-2+3-4+5-6+...+2013?
I have no idea how to do this problem. The answer is 1007
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!!

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Question 1050950: To play LOTTO 6/49 you choose six numbers from 1 to 49. On each draw date, the International Lottery Corporation generates (randomly) six winning numbers from 1 to 49.
How many different ways can they generate the six winning numbers?
What is the probability of winning the Jackpot, that is to match 6 of the 6 winning numbers?
What is the probability to match 4 of the 6 winning numbers?

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Question 1050949: The telephone company is adding two new exchanges to its service area. The seven-digit telephone numbers for these new exchanges must begin with either a 5 or a 6. How many numbers are available to the telephone company for the new exchanges?
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Question 1050973: What is the smallest number when added to an odd number makes it an even number ?

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Question 1051025: How many different ways can 3 people be seated in a car with 5 seats?

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Question 1051173: how many ways can a 8 question true-false exam be answered?
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Question 1051182: If a basketball team has 10 games to play, how many different outcomes of wins and 4 losses are possible?
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Question 1051423: I need to know the result of (x+3)^5 using Newton's Binomial formula.

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Question 1051424: I need to know the result of (2x-x^2)^4 using Newton's Binomial formula.

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Question 1051424: I need to know the result of (2x-x^2)^4 using Newton's Binomial formula.

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Question 1051429: I need to know the result of [(x/2)+(1/x)]^6 using Newton's Binomial formula.

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Question 1052082: For the new fall season, a network president has 11 shows in development, and 8 openings in the prime time schedule. In how many ways can she arrange new shows to fit into the schedule?
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Question 942171: a garden has 15 slots for flowering pots. In how many ways can the pots be arranged if the garden lies beside a horizontal pathway?
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Question 1052575: hey i'm having trouble on this question i've tried 7 times and different equations but i just cant get it:
There are 24 students in your class. Your teacher wants to put you in groups for your data-
management project. How many ways can six groups of four be made if
A)there are no restrictions
Answer=4.509 x 10^12 (will also accept 3.247 x 10^15)
Thankyou.:)

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Question 1052866: yes how to solve: how many different 10 letter words (real or imaginary) can be formed from: s,f,s,m,z,s,f,a,i,n
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Question 1052890: hi there, I am stuck on a problem trying to find p(e^c)... if s:7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 and if e:8,9,10,11,12. not sure how to solve. thank you
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Question 1053103: Graphing 3x2+2x-5=-2x2-x-2 and determine the points of intersection then rewrite the quadratic in standard from and graph it determining the zeros
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Question 1053341: in how many ways can a team of 11 players be selected from 13 boys


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