Problem 1:

-To buy a computer system, a customer can choose one of 4 monitors,

one of 2 keyboards, one of 4 computers and one of 3 printers. Determine the
number of possible systems that a customer can choose from.

Solution:
-A customer can choose one monitor, one keyboard, one computer and
one printer. The diagram below shows each item with the number of
choices the customer has.

-Using the counting principle used in the introduction above, the

number of all possible computer systems that can be bought is given
by

N = 4 × 2 × 4 × 3 = 96
Problem 2:
-In a certain country telephone numbers have 9 digits. The first two
digits are the area code (03) and are the same within a given area. The last 7
digits are the local number and cannot begin with 0. How many different
telephone numbers are possible within a given area code in this country?

Solution:
-The diagram below shows the number of choices for each digit. The
first digit of the area code is 0, no choice which is in fact one choice
only. The second digit of the area code is 1, no choice or one choice
only. The first digit of the local code can be any digit except 0, so 9
choices. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7 th digits of the local code can
be any digit, hence 10 choices each.

-Using the counting principle, the total number of possible telephone

numbers is given by

N = 1 × 1 × 9 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 9,000,000
Problem 3:
-A student can select one of 6 different mathematics books, one of 3 different
chemistry books and one of 4 different science books. In how many different
ways can a student select a book of mathematics, a book of chemistry and a
book of science?

Solution:
-The total number N of different ways that the students can select his 3 books
is given by

N = 6 × 3 × 4 = 72
Problem 4:
-There are 3 different roads from city A to city B and 2 different roads from
city B to city C. In how many ways can someone go from city A to city C
passing by city B?

Solution:
-The total number N of different ways that someone can go from city A to
city C, passing by city B is

N=3×2=6
Problem 5:
A man has 3 different suits, 4 different shirts and 5 different pairs of shoes. In
how many different ways can this man wear a suit, a shirt and a pair of
shoes?

Solution:
The total number N of different ways that this man can wear one of his suits,
one of his shirts and a pair of his shoes is

N = 3 × 4 × 5 = 60
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