Practice Examples Of Product Rule (10.2) - Basic Rules of Counting - Discrete Mathematics

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Question 1.
How many ways can you assign 3 different gifts to 2 people?
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Think about the choices for each person.
Question 2.
If an office has 4 desks, how many ways can 2 different employees choose desks?
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Use the product rule for independent choices.
3Question 3.
If a task can be done in 4 ways and another can be done in 3 ways, how many total ways?
- 7
- 12
- 1
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Recall the product rule.
4Question 4.
True or False: The product rule can apply when tasks are dependent.
- True
- False
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Think about task dependencies.
Question 5.
How many different passwords can a system allow with combinations of 3 letters and 2 digits?
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Use the product rule on groups.
Question 6.
Calculate the number of ways to arrange 5 different books on a shelf of 3 spaces.
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Think about reducing options for each book placed.

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