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June 2011 p61 q4
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A cricket team of 11 players is to be chosen from 21 players consisting of 10 batsmen, 9 bowlers and 2 wicketkeepers. The team must include at least 5 batsmen, at least 4 bowlers and at least 1 wicketkeeper.

  1. Find the number of different ways in which the team can be chosen.

Each player in the team is given a present. The presents consist of 5 identical pens, 4 identical diaries and 2 identical notebooks.

  1. Find the number of different arrangements of the presents if they are all displayed in a row.
  2. 10 of these 11 presents are chosen and arranged in a row. Find the number of different arrangements that are possible.
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Nov 2010 p62 q7
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A committee of 6 people, which must contain at least 4 men and at least 1 woman, is to be chosen from 10 men and 9 women.

  1. Find the number of possible committees that can be chosen.
  2. Find the probability that one particular man, Albert, and one particular woman, Tracey, are both on the committee.
  3. Find the number of possible committees that include either Albert or Tracey but not both.
  4. The committee that is chosen consists of 4 men and 2 women. They queue up randomly in a line for refreshments. Find the probability that the women are not next to each other in the queue.
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Nov 2010 p61 q6
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Pegs are to be placed in the four holes shown, one in each hole. The pegs come in different colours and pegs of the same colour are identical.

Beryl has 12 pegs consisting of 2 red, 2 blue, 2 green, 2 orange, 2 yellow and 2 black pegs. Calculate how many different arrangements of coloured pegs in the 4 holes Beryl can make using

  1. 4 different colours,
  2. 3 different colours,
  3. any of her 12 pegs.
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June 2022 p53 q7
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A group of 15 friends visit an adventure park. The group consists of four families.

  • Mr and Mrs Kenny and their four children
  • Mr and Mrs Lizo and their three children
  • Mrs Martin and her child
  • Mr and Mrs Nantes

The group travel to the park in three cars, one containing 6 people, one containing 5 people and one containing 4 people. The cars are driven by Mr Lizo, Mrs Martin and Mr Nantes respectively.

(a) In how many different ways can the remaining 12 members of the group be divided between the three cars?

In the park, the group enter a competition which requires a team of 4 adults and 3 children.

(c) In how many ways can the team be chosen from the group of 15 so that the 3 children are all from different families?

(d) In how many ways can the team be chosen so that at least one of Mr Kenny or Mr Lizo is included?

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June 2010 p61 q6
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Find the number of different ways that a set of 10 different mugs can be shared between Lucy and Monica if each receives an odd number of mugs.

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