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Janice is decorating her house by arranging XMas lights along the top of her entrance door. The XMas lights come in 5 different colors and each of the lights costs 39 cents at regular price. Janice has 2 dollars to spend on XMas lights, and she buys the lights during a holiday sale when the store gives away 1 light for every 4 purchased at the regular price. What is the maximum number of light decorations that she can create if she must use all the lights purchased?
5 60 120 360 720
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but really tricky for me I had problem with understanding. Can she buy only one-color lights? Yes! Therefore, the number of all possible light decorations have to be more than 360. But question is "maximum number after buying"...tricky maybe I'm wrong.... +1
but really tricky for me I had problem with understanding. Can she buy only one-color lights? Yes! Therefore, the number of all possible light decorations have to be more than 360. But question is "maximum number after buying"...tricky maybe I'm wrong.... +1
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in case of repetition we have total elements!/repeating elements!, thus 6!/2!, 360. you're always right!
Janice is decorating her house by arranging XMas lights along the top of her entrance door. The XMas lights come in 5 different colors and each of the lights costs 39 cents at regular price. Janice has 2 dollars to spend on XMas lights, and she buys the lights during a holiday sale when the store gives away 1 light for every 4 purchased at the regular price. What is the maximum number of light decorations that she can create if she must use all the lights purchased?
5 60 120 360 720
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total number of lights int(200/39) = 5, plus an extra one -> 6 lights
total number of arrangements with 6 distinct lights 6!, but since there are two lights of the same color they are counted twice. the answer is 6!/2! = 720/2=360 -> D
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