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You are given an unlimited number of circles each of which having radii either 2 or 4. You must place the circles side-by-side so that they only touch at one point. If exactly two of the smaller circles are used, in how many different ways may the circles be placed next to one another so that the centers of the circles are all on the same straight line and so that the sum of the lengths of the diameters of the circles is 32?

A. four
B. six
C. eight
D. ten
E. twelve

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MOKSH wrote:

You are given an unlimited number of circles each of which having radii either 2 or 4 .you must place the circles side-by-side so that they only touch at one point. If exactly two of the smaller circles are used, in how many different ways may the circles be placed next to one another so that the centers of the circles are all on the same straight line and so that the sum of the lengths of the diameters of the circles is 32?
four
six
eight
ten
twelve

We need to have following combination
1) 2 circles of radii 2
2) 3 circle of radii 4
Now...arrangements of N things in which p and q items are similar to each other.
5! / (3!*2!)
10

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MOKSH wrote:

The the sum of the lengths of the diameters of two smaller circles is 2*4=8.
Hence, the sum sum of the lengths of the diameters of larger circles is 32-8=24, which means that there should be 24/8=3 large circles.

So, we have that there should be 2 small circles and 3 large circles.

The number of arrangement is 5!/(3!*2!)=10 (the number of arrangements of 5 objects in a row, where 3 of the objects are identical and the remaining 2 objects are identical as well).

Answer: D.
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Re: You are given an unlimited number of circles each of which [#permalink]

11 Jan 2013, 05:23

MOKSH wrote:

Got me a little confused a bit with this statement: "If exactly two of the smaller circles are used" because I'm not a native speaker but then yeah 2 smaller circles and the rest are bigger circles....

2 smaller circles will have sum of length of diameter = 8

32-8 = 24 remaining diameter for the larger circles of diameter 8, Thus, 3 larger circles.

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\frac{5!}{3!2!} = 10

Answer: ten

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Re: You are given an unlimited number of circles each of which [#permalink]

11 Jan 2013, 07:43

Large circle has a diameter of 8, Small circle has a diameter of 4. Since total length of diameters must be 32 and exactly 2 smaller circles are used ---> There are 3 large circles and 2 small circles (for a total of 5 circles) that need to be arraged.
Therefore.. (5!)/(3!)(2!) = 10 (D)

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