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How many 5-digit numbers can be formed from the digits [#permalink] New post 11 Nov 2007, 04:53
How many 5-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2,3,5,6,8,9 if no digit can be used more than once in a number ? How many even numbers can be formed ?


In how many ways can 4 consonants and 3 vowels be arranged in a row (a) so that the 3 vowels are always together, (b) so that the first and the last places are occupied by consonants.
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 [#permalink] New post 11 Nov 2007, 06:04
For question number 1, answers are 360 and 940 respectively

For question number 2, answers are 720 and 1440 respectively

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 [#permalink] New post 11 Nov 2007, 09:08
I think the answer fo rthe first question is 720.

You have 6 digits and 5 spots. So, the first digit can be any of the 6, the second digit can be any of the remaining 5, and so on:

6 x 5x 4 x 3 x 2 = 720
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 [#permalink] New post 11 Nov 2007, 10:16
How many 5-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2,3,5,6,8,9 if no digit can be used more than once in a number ?

Answer = 6*5*4*3*2 = 720

How many even numbers can be formed ?
Answer = 3*5*4*3*2 = 360

or simply because there are equal even and odd numbers out of 720 half will be even and half odd = 360

In how many ways can 4 consonants and 3 vowels be arranged in a row (a) so that the 3 vowels are always together?

Answer = consider the three vowels as one letter
so we get 5*4*3*2*1 = 120

(b) so that the first and the last places are occupied by consonants.

here condition "a" does not continue

Answer = 2*5*4*3*2*1 = 240


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Re: more perm to solve [#permalink] New post 15 Nov 2007, 00:46
Ravshonbek wrote:
In how many ways can 4 consonants and 3 vowels be arranged in a row (a) so that the 3 vowels are always together, (b) so that the first and the last places are occupied by consonants.


(a) consider 3 vowels as one package, 4 consonants as 4 packages. Arranging these 5 packages, we have 5! ways. Besides, 3 vowels arrange within one package in 3! ways. So in total, we have 3!*5! ways to arrange as requested.

(b) there're C(4,1) alternatives for first place; then, there're C(3,1) alternatives for last place. We're left with 2 consonants and 3 vowels to place in between. There're 5! ways to arrange these 5 entities => The number of way for us to arrange as requested is C(4,1)*C(3,1) * 5!
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Re: more perm to solve [#permalink] New post 15 Nov 2007, 07:40
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Ravshonbek wrote:
In how many ways can 4 consonants and 3 vowels be arranged in a row (a) so that the 3 vowels are always together, (b) so that the first and the last places are occupied by consonants.


(a) consider 3 vowels as one package, 4 consonants as 4 packages. Arranging these 5 packages, we have 5! ways. Besides, 3 vowels arrange within one package in 3! ways. So in total, we have 3!*5! ways to arrange as requested.

(b) there're C(4,1) alternatives for first place; then, there're C(3,1) alternatives for last place. We're left with 2 consonants and 3 vowels to place in between. There're 5! ways to arrange these 5 entities => The number of way for us to arrange as requested is C(4,1)*C(3,1) * 5!


Very nice. Thanks.
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