Skip to content

Applied Mathematics · Ch 6 — Permutations and Combinations

Miscellaneous Exercise on Chapter 6

Miscellaneous Exercise on Chapter 6

This miscellaneous exercise pulls together every counting tool from the chapter — the factorial n!n!, the fundamental principle of counting, permutations nPr^nP_r (including circular and restricted arrangements), and combinations nCr^nC_r. The problems are mixed on purpose: your first task on each is to decide whether order matters (a permutation) or not (a combination), ha …