Asked by Raj
There are nine cards each of different colors which are to arranged in a line.These 9 cards include a pink card and a green card.Consider all possible choices of 3 cards from the 9 cards with the 3 cards being arranged in a line.How many different arrangement of 3 cards do not have the pink card next to the green card?
Explain when to use permutation and when to use combination?
Explain when to use permutation and when to use combination?
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Answered by
Reiny
consider the pink and green cards stuck together and treated as one item
then we only have to arrange 2 of 8 cards
number of arrangements = 8*7 = 56
But in each of those 56, the pink and blue cards could be reversed, that is , pink, blue OR blue,pink
so the number of case with the cards side by side = 112
total number of cases without restrictions = 9*8*7 = 504
So the number of arrangements they are apart = 504-112 = 392
in simplest terms, for a permutation you consider the order of the items
in a combination, the order in which the event are happening does not matter
e.g. when choosing 3 out of 10 members to form a committee it does not matter
in which order you choose them, <------ combination
but,
if we find the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finishing positions in a 500 m race, the order
does matter <----- arrangement
then we only have to arrange 2 of 8 cards
number of arrangements = 8*7 = 56
But in each of those 56, the pink and blue cards could be reversed, that is , pink, blue OR blue,pink
so the number of case with the cards side by side = 112
total number of cases without restrictions = 9*8*7 = 504
So the number of arrangements they are apart = 504-112 = 392
in simplest terms, for a permutation you consider the order of the items
in a combination, the order in which the event are happening does not matter
e.g. when choosing 3 out of 10 members to form a committee it does not matter
in which order you choose them, <------ combination
but,
if we find the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finishing positions in a 500 m race, the order
does matter <----- arrangement
Answered by
Raj
The answer is::504-28=476.Why are we doing 8*7 and 9*8*7?
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