Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-13446-914-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Counting Principles, Permutations, and Combinations - Exercise Set - Page 1103: 24

Answer

The required solution is $1-\frac{{}_{5}{{P}_{3}}}{{}_{10}{{P}_{4}}}=\frac{83}{84}$ .

Work Step by Step

The Permutation formula is: ${}_{n}{{P}_{r}}=\frac{n!}{\left( n-r \right)!}$ Applying this formulas into the provided expression, we get: $1-\frac{{}_{5}{{P}_{3}}}{{}_{10}{{P}_{4}}}=1-\frac{\frac{5!}{\left( 5-3 \right)!}}{\frac{10!}{\left( 10-4 \right)!}}=1-\frac{5!}{2!}\times \frac{6!}{10!}$ $=1-\frac{5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1}{2\times 1}\times \frac{6\times 5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1}{10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1}$ $\begin{align} & =1-\frac{60}{5040} \\ & =\frac{83}{84} \end{align}$ $1-\frac{{}_{5}{{P}_{3}}}{{}_{10}{{P}_{4}}}=\frac{83}{84}$
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