Indicate whether each situation involves a combination or a permutation. Then solve.
You must complete the following chores: take out the trash, wash the dishes, vacuum the carpet, clean your room, make your bed, feed the fish. In how many different ways can you do the chores? (2 points)
18. Groups of five students must be formed to work on a project. In how many different ways can a group of five be chosen from a class of 12 students?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
i ned help on wether it is a pre mutation or acombinatiuon @blondie16 @DragonFall @h
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i will fan you if you help and medal you
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
In the sentence
"In how many different ways can you do the chores"
the key phrase is "different ways"
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
so order matters for the first one
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so is it combination
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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
if you had to do all the chores (which is likely) and it didn't ask for different ways, then there'd only be one way
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
no it's not a combination
OpenStudy (anonymous):
then its premutation
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
permutation, yes
OpenStudy (anonymous):
thanks. you erned the medal
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