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# Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop

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Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?
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krishnasty wrote:
Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

In order to travel exactly nine blocks Casey should go 5 block down and 4 block left - DDDDDLLLL.

# of permutations of 9 letters DDDDDLLLL out of which there are 5 identical D's and 4 identical L's is $$\frac{9!}{5!4!}$$.

Hope it's clear.
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Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

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9!/(4!*5!) or (9*8*7*6*5)/(4*3*2*1)

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25 May 2014, 11:34
Valerun wrote:

9!/(4!*5!) or (9*8*7*6*5)/(4*3*2*1)

Namely 9C4 as also pointed out correctly by Quant Expert Bunuel

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krishnasty wrote:
Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

In order to travel exactly nine blocks Casey should go 5 block down and 4 block left - DDDDDLLLL.

# of permutations of 9 letters DDDDDLLLL out of which there are 5 identical D's and 4 identical L's is $$\frac{9!}{5!4!}$$.

Hope it's clear.

Why it cant be 6*5 (as in 6 lines to the left and 5 lines down?

or if we are choosing blocks than 5C1 * 4C1
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sidoknowia wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
krishnasty wrote:
Encountered another question and dont know how to proceed:

Every morning, Casey walks from her house to the bus stop. She always travels exactly nine blocks from her house to the bus, but she varies the route she takes every day. (One sample route is shown). How many days can Casey walk from her house to the bus stop without repeating the same route?

In order to travel exactly nine blocks Casey should go 5 block down and 4 block left - DDDDDLLLL.

# of permutations of 9 letters DDDDDLLLL out of which there are 5 identical D's and 4 identical L's is $$\frac{9!}{5!4!}$$.

Hope it's clear.

Why it cant be 6*5 (as in 6 lines to the left and 5 lines down?

or if we are choosing blocks than 5C1 * 4C1

sidoknowia,

Think of it like this:

There are a total of 9 turns that have to be made, 5D and 4L. In order to make find out the number of possible routes you have to think about how many different combinations of D turns you can make if there are 9 possible positions. Thinking of it like this leaves you with 9C5 = 9!/5!(9-5)! =126.

Or you cant think of it as how many combinations of L turns you cam make if there are 9 possible positions. This leaves you with 9C4 = 9!/4!(9-4)! = 126. Same answer either way.

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Agree with the solution. But, in the diagram it looks like its 8 blocks not 9 (5 on the right column and 3 on row)
Can anyone let me know what is my error here?

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