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The Fundamental Counting Principle

The fundamental counting principle

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2. Lets attend a party..What are the things that come to our mind?Foods and drinksoutfit 3. Suppose a guest has a choice of juice drink(orange, buko, or mango) and dessert (Lecheflan, cake, fruit salad, or ice cream). Howmany distinct juice-dessert pairs arepossible? The total number ofjuice-dessert pairs= 3 x 4 = 12 4. You are the host of the party. In how manyways can you select your outfit?The number of ways youBlouses Skirts/pants shoes can dress yourself = 8 x 4x3 = 96 5. The Fundamental Counting Principle (also known as Multiplication Rule or theSequential Counting Principle) If one thing can be done independently in n differentways, and if a second thing can be doneindependently in m different ways and the third thingcan be done independently in o differentways, then, the total number of ways in which all thethings maybe done in the stated order is the productof m, n, and o. 6. Fixing Skills: Click the letter that corresponds to the correct answer:A. The famous dancing babyprepared 5 different steps in adance number. In how manyways he can present them?a. 25 b. 120c. 125 d. 625 7. B. A restaurant has a lunchspecial which consists of asandwich, soup, dessert anddrink for P200.00. They offer thefollowing choices:Sandwich: chickensalad, ham, tuna, and roast beefSoup:tomato,chickennoodle, vegetableDessert: cookie and pieDrink: tea, coffee, coke, diet cokeand spriteHow many lunch specials arethere?a. 160b. 240c. 320 d. 540 8. c. The 10finalists of 2011Miss Universebeauty pageantare posing for apicture. If youare thephotographer, in how manyways can youarrange them ifthey are tostand in onerow?a. 328800 b. 368800 c. 362800 d. 3628800 9. Help? 10. Ans: b . 120 NEXT 11. A. The famous dancing baby prepared 5 different steps in a dance number. In how many ways can he present them?No. of ways = 5 X 4 X 3 X 2 X 1 = 120 12. help 13. Ans: a . 160 NEXT 14. B. A restaurant has a lunch special which consists of asandwich, soup, dessert and drink for P200.00. They offerthe following choices:Sandwich: chicken salad, ham, tuna, and roast beefSoup: tomato, chicken, noodle, vegetableDessert: cookie and pieDrink: tea, coffee, coke, diet coke and spriteHow many lunch specials are there?Total number of lunch specials= 4 x 4 x 2 x 5 = 160 15. Help? 16. Ans: d. 3628800Awesome NEXT 17. c. The 10 finalists of 2011 Miss Universe beauty pageant areposing for a picture. If you are the photographer, in how manyways can you arrange them if they are to stand in one row?Total number of ways= 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3628800 18. Evaluation:Directions: Click the correct answer.1. You are taking a test that has five True/Falsequestions. If you answer each question with Trueor False and leave none of them blank, in howmany ways can you answer the whole test? A. 10 B. 15C. 32 D. 25 19. 2. Six students in a speech class all have to give therespeech on the same day. One of the students insists onbeing first. If this students request is granted, howmany different ways are there to schedule thespeeches?A. 120 B. 720C. 1440D. 1460 20. 3. If ice cream sundaes come in 5 flavors with 4possible toppings, how many different sundaescan be made with one flavor of ice cream andone topping?A. 9 B. 16C. 20 D. 24 21. 4. At planting season, a farmer has theoption of planting rice, corn orsugarcane: of using urea, guano, horsemanure, or compost for fertilizer; andof using homemade herbal extract Tor A for pesticide. In how many wayscan he plant his crop if he has theoption to plant one crop and use onefertilizer and one pesticide only?A. 32 B. 24C. 20D. 16 22. 5. Five friends Jose, Carlos, Clara, Ted, Flor andMary took a jeepney ride in going home fromschool. There were exactly six empty seats in thevehicle. In how many ways can they seatthemselves?A. 720 B. 840 C. 900 D. 920 23. Congratulationsyou made it!! 24. 2. Six students in a speech class all have to give therespeech on the same day. One of the students insists onbeing first. If this students request is granted, howmany different ways are there to schedule thespeeches?A. 120 B. 720C. 1440D. 1460 25. 3. If ice cream sundaes come in 5 flavors with 4possible toppings, how many different sundaescan be made with one flavor of ice cream andone topping?A. 9 B. 16C. 20 D. 24 26. 4. At planting season, a farmer has theoption of planting rice, corn or sugarcane:of using urea, guano, horse manure, orcompost for fertilizer; and of usinghomemade herbal extract T or A forpesticide. In how many ways can he planthis crop if he has the option to plant onecrop and use one fertilizer and onepesticide only? A. 32B. 24 C. 20 D. 16 27. 5. Five friends Jose, Carlos, Clara, Ted, Flor andMary took a jeepney ride in going home fromschool. There were exactly six empty seats in thevehicle. In how many ways can they seatthemselves?A. 720 B. 840 C. 900 D. 920 28. very good 80 % 29. 3. If ice cream sundaes come in 5 flavors with 4possible toppings, how many different sundaescan be made with one flavor of ice cream andone topping?A. 9 B. 16C. 20 D. 24 30. 4. At planting season, a farmer has the option ofplanting rice, corn or sugarcane: of usingurea, guano, horse manure, or compost forfertilizer; and of using homemade herbal extractT or A for pesticide. In how many ways can heplant his crop if he has the option to plant onecrop and use one fertilizer and one pesticideonly?A. 32 B. 24 C. 20 D. 16 31. 5. Five friends Jose, Carlos, Clara, Ted, Flor andMary took a jeepney ride in going home fromschool. There were exactly six empty seats in thevehicle. In how many ways can they seatthemselves?A. 720 B. 840 C. 900 D. 920 32. Good 60 % Help? 33. 4. At planting season, a farmer has the option ofplanting rice, corn or sugarcane: of usingurea, guano, horse manure, or compost forfertilizer; and of using homemade herbal extractT or A for pesticide. In how many ways can heplant his crop if he has the option to plant onecrop and use one fertilizer and one pesticideonly? A. 32B. 24C. 20 D. 16 34. 5. Five friends Jose, Carlos, Clara, Ted, Flor andMary took a jeepney ride in going home fromschool. There were exactly six empty seats in thevehicle. In how many ways can they seatthemselves? A. 720 B. 840C. 900 D. 920 35. 40 %try again? Help? 36. 5. Six friends Jose, Carlos, Clara, Ted, Flor andMary took a jeepney ride in going home fromschool. There were exactly six empty seats in thevehicle. In how many ways can they seatthemselves?A. 720 B. 840C. 900 D. 920 37. 25 %Try again?Help? 38. 0%try again Help? 39. Answer to exercises:1. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 322. 1 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 1203. 5 x 4 =204. 3 x 4 x 2 =245. 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 720 40. Prepared by:MRS. EMMA C. BALBASTROBULALACAO NHS