Question #d5502

1 Answer
May 16, 2017

Assumption: the question should read..color(white)()^6P_4+^8C_36P4+8C3

416416

Explanation:

color(blue)("Consider "color(white)()^6P_4)Consider 6P4

(n!)/((n-r)!)->(6!)/((6-4)!) =(6xx5xx4xx3xx2xx1)/(2xx1)n!(nr)!6!(64)!=6×5×4×3×2×12×1

Really the xx1×1 is not needed but I included it for completeness.

=(6xx5xx4xx3xxcancel(2xx1))/(cancel(2xx1)) = 360
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color(blue)("Consider "color(white)()^8C_3)

(n!)/((n-r)!r!) ->(8!)/((8-3)!3!)

(8xx7xx6xx5!)/(5!xx3xx2)

(cancel(8)^4xx7xxcancel(6)^2xxcancel(5!))/(cancel(5!)xxcancel(3)^1xxcancel(2)^1) = 56
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color(blue)("Putting it all together")

360+56 = 416