TEMA 2 - COMBINATORIA Y BINOMIO DE NEWTON

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PROBLEMA 1 (P-2):
A) [2 marks] From a group of five males and six females, four people are chosen.
Determine how many possible groups can be chosen.
B) [2 marks] Determine how many groups can be formed consisting of two males and two females.
C) [2 marks] Determine how many groups can be formed consisting of at least one female.

PROBLEMA 2:
A) [3 marks] A set of positive integers { } is used to form a pack of nine cards.
Each card displays one positive integer without repetition from this set. Grace wishes to select four
cards at random from this pack of nine cards.
Find the number of selections Grace could make if the largest integer drawn among the four cards is
either a , a or a .
B) [4 marks] Find the number of selections Grace could make if at least two of the four integers drawn are
even.
PROBLEMA 3: (P-2)
[4 marks] Find the number of ways in which seven different toys can be given to three children, if the
youngest is to receive three toys and the others receive two toys each.
PROBLEMA 4: (P-2)
[5 marks] Six people are to sit at a circular table. Two of the people are not to sit immediately beside each
other. Find the number of ways that the six people can be seated.
PROBLEMA 5:

a) [3 marks] Write down and simplify the expansion of in ascending powers of .

b) [3 marks] Hence find the exact value of .

PROBLEMA 6:

[2 marks] Expand .
PROBLEMA 7: (P-2)

A) [4 marks] Find the term in in the expansion of .

B) [4 marks]
Mina and Norbert each have a fair cubical die with faces labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; they throw
it to decide if they are going to eat a cookie.
Mina throws her die just once and she eats a cookie if she throws a four, a five or a six.
Norbert throws his die six times and each time eats a cookie if he throws a five or a six.
Calculate the probability that five cookies are eaten.

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PROBLEMA 8: (P-2)

[6 marks] Find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

PROBLEMA 9:

[4 marks] Expand in ascending powers of x, simplifying coefficients.

PROBLEMA 10: (P-2)
A) [3 marks] Three boys and three girls are to sit on a bench for a photograph.
Find the number of ways this can be done if the three girls must sit together.
B) [4 marks] Find the number of ways this can be done if the three girls must all sit apart.
PROBLEMA 11:

[4 marks] Expand and simplify .

PROBLEMA 12:

a) [3 marks] Expand and simplify .

b) [2 marks] Hence determine the constant term in the expansion .

PROBLEMA 13:

[4 marks] Expand and simplify .

PROBLEMA 14: (P-2)

[7 marks] Find the constant term in the expansion of .

PROBLEMA 15: (P-2)
A) [3 marks] Fifteen boys and ten girls sit in a single line.
In how many ways can they be seated in a single line so that the boys and girls are in two separate
groups?
B) [3 marks] Two boys and three girls are selected to go the theatre. In how many ways can this selection
be made?
PROBLEMA 16: (P-2)

A) [1 mark] Write down the quadratic expression as the product of two linear factors.

B) [4 marks] Hence, or otherwise, find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

PROBLEMA 17:
[7 marks] Three Mathematics books, five English books, four Science books and a dictionary are to be
placed on a student’s shelf so that the books of each subject remain together.
(a) In how many different ways can the books be arranged?
(b) In how many of these will the dictionary be next to the Mathematics books?
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PROBLEMA 18: (P-2)
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[6 marks] When (1 + 2) , , is expanded in ascending powers of , the coefficient of is .

(a) Find the value of .

(b) Hence, find the coefficient of .
PROBLEMA 19: (P-2)

[5 marks] Determine the first three terms in the expansion of in ascending powers of x.