Combinations Definition and 415 Threads

On https://www.amazon.com/worldengine-Combinations-Calculator/dp/B01GSTMZ4U?tag=pfamazon01-20 I found the command as indicated in the Summary. The Alexa in question (of a student of mine -- I am not very familiar with Alexa) would answer other calculation questions, but not this one. Is this an...

Phew! took time to figure this out...i guess there may be a way to use combinations or markov process i do not know... anyway, it was pretty straightforward, we have the ##P_r(w) = \dfrac{n-3}{n}## from box ##X## and this will result in ##P_r(w) = \dfrac{4}{n+1}## in box ##Y##. Together i...

TL;DR Summary: A pet store has 5 Chihuahua, 3 Fox and 4 Poodle. A person wants to buy 7 dogs. How many ways for the person to choose and buy with at least 3 Chihuahua and 2 Poodle. There're C(5,3)*C(4,2) ways to buy dogs with at least 3 Chihuahua and 2 Poodle. There're C(7,2) ways to buy dogs...

I have attempted the solution above and I am fairly sure that it is correct. My question is the following: What am I calculating if I multiply 4/52 x 3/51 x 4/50 x 3/49 = 144/ 6,497,400 = 0.002%. I got the correct answer by following the principles of combination probabilities, but intuitively...

For this problem, The solution is, Is the only way of finding the possible combinations is by drawing out circuit diagrams? Many thanks!

Hello everybody ! I do have a problem understanding transistor. I know how these solve and work : I know some basics like the voltage on Rb is Vbb - 0,7V. Or something like this. I also Know that the maximal current in this transistor is "defined" by the resistor in the collector which is...

My interest is on part b only. I am seeking alternative approach to the problem. This was a tricky question i guess. Find my approach below; ##5C3×4C2 ##{senior cousin included and junior not included}+ ##5C4×4C1##{ senior cousin not included, Junior cousin included}+##5C4×4C2##{both NOT...

I am not sure where I made the mistake. If someone could point that out that would be much appreciated!

There are 10 different chocolates and you want to buy three of them. However, you cannot pick a pair of chocolate more than once. How many different choice you can make??

Hello, I've been trying to solve this problem for a while, and I found a technical solution which is too computationally intensive for large numbers, I am trying to solve the problem using Combinatorics instead. Given a set of integers 1, 2, 3, ..., 50 for example, where R=50 is the maximum...

I have a sequence of functions ##0\leq f_1\leq f_2\leq ... \leq f_n \leq ...##, each one defined in ##\mathbb{R}^n## with values in ##\mathbb{R}##. I have also that ##f_n\uparrow f##. Every ##f_i## is the limit (almost everywhere) of "step" functions, that is a linear combination of rectangles...

Hey! 😊 Sarah, Alex and Mary meet at Tom for a game night. a) The first game is a board game in which six game colors (red, green, yellow, blue, violet, orange) are possible. Each of the players chooses a color in turn. (Each color can only be assigned once.) How many different color...

There are 12 triangles (picture). We color each side of the triangle in red, green or blue. Among the $3^{24}$ possible colorings, how many have the property that every triangle has one edge of each color?

A 4×3 matrix which has all elements empty, now I select any two consecutive elements until all elements are selected. I assign an index number (1 to 12) to the matrix element, in one row there are only 1,2,3 elements and 3 & 4 are not consecutive. for example, if I select index 1 & 2 of the...

Summary:: Year 11 Extension 1 Math problem (Australia) How many combinations can be made from a 4 digit pin code if we can only use two numbers to form our pin code, and we MUST use 2 distinct numbers. E.g. 1112, 4334, 9944, 3232. But NOT 1111, 2113, 0992 etc. We're using the numbers 0-9 and...

the calculation 6C4 shows 15 but what if all sets are to be distinct? meaning 1,2,3,4 is the same as 4,3,2,1. I made a tree diagram and i get 10... assuming i did that correctly...?

I think the idea is to first count the number of ways the questions are passed out without restrictions and then subtract the number of ways the two easy questions are together. Call each student ##s_1,s_2,s_3##. We know their total number of questions is 8, so ##s_1+s_2+s_3 = 8 : s_1,s_2,s_3 >...

$ v=\left[\begin{array}{r} -3\\-4\\-5\\4\\-1 \end{array}\right] w=\left[\begin{array}{r} -2\\0 \\1 \\4 \\-1 \end{array}\right] x=\left[\begin{array}{r} 2\\3 \\4 \\-5 \\0 \end{array}\right] y=\left[\begin{array}{r} -2\\1 \\0 \\-2 \\7 \end{array}\right] z=\left[\begin{array}{r} -1\\0 \\2 \\-3...

Can you give me some high school papers or courses on p and c . I have a good source for problems but need a concise and compact course covering concepts. Thanks!

Hi, I am looking for a solution that generates combinations of objects from a series of objects in a set. For example, {Apple, Pear, Orange} should bring back Apple Pear Orange Apple, Pear Apple, Pear, Orange, Apple, Orange ... Items in the series should not repeat (i.e. Apple, Orange /...

Hello All, See picture below: There exist an infinite plane with infinite number of dots. For sake of argument, let's assume they are 1 inch away from each other. However, below(on your far left) you can see 3 lines already made. The last line is the yellow one. What you see on the left, are...

Question 1: a) T' is the complementary event of T Therefore, T'=1-T In set T = {3,6,9,12} P(T)=4/12 =1/3 P(T')=1-1/3=2/3 b) The addition rule states; P(A ∪ B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A⋂B) Therefore, P(S ∪ E) = P(S)+P(E)-P(S⋂E) S={1,4,9} P(S)=3/12=1/4 E={2,4,6,8,10,12} P(E)=6/12=1/2 (S⋂E)={4} P(S⋂E)=1/12...

This is the exact definition and I've summarized it, as I understand it above. Why is it, that for elements in the third subspace, closure will be lost? Wouldn't you still get another vector (when you add two vectors in that subspace), that's still a linear combination of the vectors in the...

I have a question and searched about at google and found an answer which I don't make sure. If there is 26 letters and 10 digits; my answer is: first letter: 1 way(which is A) second letter: 26 way third letter: 26 way first digit: 1 way(which is 1) second digit 1 way(which is 2) third digit: 10...

Proton and neutron are made up of three quarks (uud and udd). Why aren't there particles uuu or ddd?

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct forum so if I need to post elsewhere please let me know. I'm having trouble with calculating the possible combinations for six digit license plates, numbers 0-9 and letters a-z. I know the overall combinations are 1,947,792 when repetition is allowed...

an element (we will call it X) got a cofiguration of 1##s^2##2##s^2##2##p^6##3##s^2##s##p^3## what molecule is moste likely to happened between this element and Mg? 1.MgX 2.##Mg_2##X 3.Mg##X_2## 4.##Mg_3## ##X_2## how do i do it?with lewis structure?just check what structure makes the most...

I know nCn/2 = n!/((n/2)!)^2 = 2^(n/2)(1.3.5...n-1) but I am not getting why it's the least one.

Question: When playing Lotto 649, you must pick six numbers from the numbers 1, 2, …, 49. In how many ways can you do this? My attempt n!/r!(n-r)! = 49!/6!(49-6)! (49x48x47x46x...x1)/(6x5x4x3x2x1)(43x42x41x40x...x1) =0.06 . (edit: i redid the question and just made it (49x48x47x46x45x44)/(6!)...

the first boy has 6 ways, either he wins 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 ways According to the first boy, the second boy also has 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 chances According to the first and second boy, the other boy also has 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 chances. So, the answer should be 4(either of...

Summary: Is 'Permutation and combination' hard to understand ? I am facing difficulties in understanding this concept. So I would like to ask some questions to enhance my knowledge in this topic. My questions are- Does it require time to grasp this concept? Is it normal to get confused? How...

So I've been looking at covalent bonds and come across the approx you can do of the molecular orbital for ##H^+_2## by just summing two 1s orbitals, the method is called the linear combinations of atomic orbitals, and you get what is below which I believe is exact in this case since the 1s...

Please can anyone help with the below problem? It’s an interesting problem but please bear with me as i don't have much math background. A factory’s product is sampled once per month every month by its quality inspection team. The factory is allowed up to 2 product failures per ROLLING 12...

Let ##X = \{x_1 , \dots , x_n\}##. Then ##\text{aff}(X) = \text{intersection of all affine spaces containing X}##. Let ##C(X)## be the set of all affine combinations of elements of ##X##. We want to show that these two sets are equal. First we focus on the ##\text{aff}(X) \subseteq C(X)##...

I have some question integrating between combinatorics and recursive formulas.Generally, I have some difficulty with the concept of recursion, as well as with the recursion in programming unfortunately.I have some question to solve, and maybe you can guide me:Find a recursive formula and a...

Can someone please tell me what good book for a high school student on permutation and combination? Thank you

Hello I'm working on an application and I have a problem that I've been wrecking my brain over. The best way I can explain it is through a game. There are 4 bags with numbered balls in each (the total number of balls in each bag is irrelevant). You have to guess the number that is going to...

I bought 16 tickets recently and didn't even get 3 digits (out of 6) right. The lotto is from 1 to 58. You choose 6 numbers. The prize is 12 million dollars. How do you compute the probability to get 6 numbers out of 58 numbers? Any tips what combinations to get? I chose many with numbers...

Homework Statement Refer the image Homework Equations Equations for permutations and combinations The Attempt at a Solution Let x be the no. of questions that turned out to be correct. So total score will be 3x-(10-x)=4x-10. The value of this expression must be from the given set and since x...

For this puzzle game: MillionPuzzleGame.com I'd like to check I worked out the number of combinations correctly. Also, how long would a computer take to solve it?

Homework Statement The back row of a cinema has 12 seats, all of which are empty. A group of 8 people including Mary and Francis, sit in this row. Find the number of ways they can sit in these 12 seats if a) There are no restrictions b) Mary and France's do not sit in seats which are next to...

Homework Statement Which of the following combinations would act as buffered solutions? a. HCl and NaCl b. CH_3COOH and KCH_3COO c. H_2S and NaHS d. H_2S and Na_2S Homework Equations none really... The acid needs to be weak and the base strong though. The Attempt at a Solution HCl is one...

Hey! C^2_2 = 1\:\:\:C^2_3 = 3\:\:\:C^2_4 = 6\:\:\:C^2_5 = 10 \\ We\:can\:see\:that\:\:\:C^2_n = C^2_{n-1} + (n-1),\:let's\:try\:n = 5 \\ C^2_5 = C^2_4 + (5 - 1) \\ = C^2_3 + (4 - 1) + (5 - 1) \\ = C^2_2 + (3 - 1) + (4 - 1) + (5 - 1) \\ = 1 + (3 - 1) + (4 - 1) + (5 - 1) \\ C^2_5 = (1 - 1) + (2 -...

Suppose we have two boxes, each containing three types of balls. On each ball there's written a number: First box: 1, 2, 3 Second box: 4, 5, 6 We don't know how many balls of each type there are, but we know the probability of taking out a specific one, so that we can make a graph showing the...

Homework Statement There are 15 members of a maths club. There are 4 different medals to be randomly given to the members of the club. What is the probability that no member will receive more than one of the medals. Homework Equations Try to find the number of combinations where no member...

I'm trying to create a negotiation simulation and don't know how to find point allocations for each party that will allow agreement in only about 20% of the cases. Wondering whether anyone here would solve the problem for me. The point allocations I came up with allow agreement only a few...

I'm currently working on combining energy storage systems like flywheels and batteries to balance consumption/regeneration. I've been looking at using an optimal control scheme so that a cost function can be tailored to our wishes. I'm curious about what other people in this field have been...

Homework Statement In how many different ways can you seat 11 men and 8 women in a row if no two women are to sit together? Homework Equations I have the combination and permutation equations The Attempt at a Solution I assume that given the context of this question if I have two, three...

Homework Statement Question: A cheese shop carries a large stock of 34 kinds of cheese. By the end of the day 48 cheese sales have been made and the items sold must be restocked. How many different restocking orders are possible? Homework Equations Combination and permutation equations The...

Homework Statement How many combinations of people are there if you choose 4 or 5 from a group of 10? Homework Equations Relies on binomials The Attempt at a Solution binomial (10,4) = binomial (10,6) = 210 But when choosing 5 the answer is binomial (10,5) / 2 = 126 Why do I need to divide by 2?