Precal Ch 9 Discrete Math

Explanation
There are 4 people to be lined up for the photograph. The first person can be any of the 4 individuals. After the first person is chosen, the second person can be any of the remaining 3 individuals. Similarly, the third person can be chosen from the remaining 2 individuals, and the last person will be the only remaining individual. Therefore, the total number of ways to line up the 4 people is 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24.

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There are 2 possible answers for each question (True or False). Since there are 10 questions in total, the number of different answer keys is calculated by multiplying the number of possible answers for each question together. Therefore, the total number of different answer keys is 2^10 = 1024.

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The answer is 60,466,176. This is because for each symbol in the license plate, there are 36 possible options (26 letters + 10 digits). Therefore, for a license plate with 5 symbols, there are 36^5 = 60,466,176 different combinations possible.

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The answer is 125,970. This is because Mr. Han has 20 study questions and he needs to select 8 of them for the final exam. The number of ways he can select the questions is calculated using the combination formula, which is nCr = n! / (r!(n-r)!). In this case, n is 20 and r is 8. Plugging these values into the formula, we get 20! / (8!(20-8)!), which simplifies to 125,970.

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The probability of getting a hand that consists of all spades can be calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (hands with all spades) by the total number of possible outcomes (all possible hands).

In this case, there are 24 cards in the pack and a hand consists of 6 cards. Therefore, the total number of possible hands is given by the combination formula: C(24, 6) = 134,596.

Since there is only 1 favorable outcome (a hand with all spades), the probability of this event occurring is 1/134,596.

Explanation
The answer provided is actually the same number written in two different formats. Both 1/33649 and 1/33,649 represent the probability of drawing all six cards from the same suit. The comma in 1/33,649 is used to separate thousands in some number systems, but it does not change the value of the fraction. Therefore, both answers are correct and equivalent.

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The answer 5/3542, 5/3,542 suggests that out of a total of 3,542 hands, only 5 of them include all four aces. This implies that the probability of getting a hand with all four aces is very low, as it only occurs in a small fraction of the total number of possible hands.

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The probability that a precalculus student chosen at random is a girl from the 1st period can be found by dividing the number of girls in the 1st period by the total number of girls in both periods. In the 1st period, there are 12 girls, and in the 3rd period, there are 10 girls. Therefore, the total number of girls is 12 + 10 = 22. The probability is then 12/22, which simplifies to 6/11. This can be further simplified to 3/5, which is the given correct answer.

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The probability that John will practice his piano lesson can be calculated by multiplying the probability of rain (0.4) by the probability of practicing given rain (0.8) and adding it to the product of the probability of no rain (0.6) and the probability of practicing given no rain (0.4). This can be expressed as (0.4 * 0.8) + (0.6 * 0.4) = 0.32 + 0.24 = 0.56 or 56%.

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The given sequence is 0, 1, 2, 3, 19. It appears that the sequence follows a pattern where the first four terms are the numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3 in ascending order, and the fifth term is 19. Then, the pattern repeats with the next four terms being 0, 1, 2, and 3 again, followed by 19. Therefore, the 20th term of the sequence would also be 19.

Explanation
The given answer is a combination of three different ways of writing the sequence -1, 2, 5, 8, 56. The first representation includes commas between each number. The second representation includes the word "and" before the last number. The third representation does not include any additional punctuation. Therefore, the answer includes all possible ways of writing the sequence.

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Do not find the 20th term for #14.

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The equation x = -9/5 can be solved algebraically by isolating the variable x on one side of the equation. In this case, x is already isolated, so the solution is x = -9/5. The answer -9/ 5 is the same as -9/5, just written in a different format.