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If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
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23 Dec 2012, 13:29
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Numbers of Options applicable for 5 letter digit -> \(10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6\) ( as option pool for first digit is 10, for second 9 because one is removed and so on) Numbers of Options applicable for 5 letter digit -> \(10 * 9 * 8 * 7\)
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28 Dec 2012, 06:43
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RadhaKrishnan wrote:
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Number of 5-letter code formed from 10 letters: \(=10*9*8*7*6\) Number of 4-letter code formed from 10 letters: \(=10*9*8*7\)
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
Can you please when to use permutaions or Combinations in these type of problems?
In this case the order of the letters matters, but in other question we are only interested in codes which are in alphabetical order (so we are interested in only one particular order).
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23 Aug 2014, 10:51
Bunuel wrote:
RadhaKrishnan wrote:
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
A couple of clarifications as i'm going through similar problems:
1) In this case, we use permutations because order DOES NOT matter. Correct? 2) If the problem said that we had to use the letter in alphabetical order, then order would matter and we would have to use the Combination formula over permutation. Correct? 3) Permutation and Combination both assumes that the letters/numbers CANNOT be repeated. Correct?
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31 Jan 2015, 08:30
Once again, thanks for your response,
sorry about the notations
My main issue is with the 10 Choose 4 (Denominator) , my understanding is that in order to perform this calculation, I take the first 4 terms of 10! starting with 10 and divide that by 4 factorial.
I do not understand how you get 6! here
Thanks once again and i am very grateful for your time here
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31 Jan 2015, 08:32
Tmoni26 wrote:
Once again, thanks for your response,
sorry about the notations
My main issue is with the 10 Choose 4 (Denominator) , my understanding is that in order to perform this calculation, I take the first 4 terms of 10! starting with 10 and divide that by 4 factorial.
I do not understand how you get 6! here
Thanks once again and i am very grateful for your time here
Please follow the link given in my previous post.
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Take 1 case: ABCDE for 5 letter code and ABCD for 4 letter code. You Choose 5 at a time and 4 at a time and order is important. So the formula is nPr. Therefore the ratio is 10P5/ 10P4 = 6:1 Hence E.
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04 Nov 2016, 02:52
Hi, i am confused why we dont care about the order of selection of 5 characters first then 4 characters or 4 characters first then 5 characters. My work is as below, can someone point out where did i do wrong?
First selection: Ways of 5 characters to be selected in the beginning: 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 = 30240 Ways of 4 characters to be selected then: 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 =120
Second selection: Ways of 4 characters to be selected first: 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 = 6860 Ways of 5 characters to be selected then: 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 = 720
So total of ways for 5 characters: 30960 total of ways for 4 characters: 6980
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05 Jan 2018, 16:46
Hi All,
To calculate the number of 5-letter codes and 4-letter codes, we have to set up 2 permutations. There's a 'shortcut' though - since the answer choices are RATIOS, we don't actually have to calculate the total number of each type of code.
Total 5-letter codes = (10)(9)(8)(7)(6) Total 4-letter codes = (10)(9)(8)(7)
Notice how the number of 5-letter codes is the total of 4-letter codes multiplied by 6. Thus, the ratio of codes is 6:1
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15 May 2018, 08:48
Bunuel wrote:
RadhaKrishnan wrote:
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
Answer: E.
Hi Bunuel,
I struggle with the the order of \(P^5_{10}\). From the theory I understood that the permutation is defined as: \(P^n_{k}\) n being the set of distinct objects and k being the number of objects chosen. Why is this upside down?
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panache67 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
RadhaKrishnan wrote:
If a code word is defined to be a sequence of different letters chosen from the 10 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J, what is the ratio of the number of 5-letter code words to the number of 4-letter code words?
A. 5 to 4 B. 3 to 2 C. 2 to 1 D. 5 to 1 E. 6 to 1
Notice that as we are dealing with code words then the order of the letters matters.
# of ways to choose 5 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters (as for example code word ABCDE is different from BCDEA) is \(P^5_{10}\);
# of ways to choose 4 different letters out of given 10 letters when the order of chosen letters matters is \(P^4_{10}\);
Answer: E.
Hi Bunuel,
I struggle with the the order of \(P^5_{10}\). From the theory I understood that the permutation is defined as: \(P^n_{k}\) n being the set of distinct objects and k being the number of objects chosen. Why is this upside down?
Thanks!
\(P^5_{10}\), \(P^{10}_5\), 10P5 are all the same: choosing 5 out of 10, when the order matters. Just different ways of writing the same. Could it be choosing 10 out of 5?
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