(13) Ten players get together to play basketball. They need to form two teams of fiveplayers each. One player argues that the number of ways of dividing the playersinto two teams is clearly (10), since five players out of ten must be chosen to createa team, and then the other five players are on the other team. Another player arguesthat the answer is (2) because that is the number of ways that she can choose herteammates from the other nine players. Who is right, and why?

In the first argument, We are selecting 5 players out of 10 so that it makes a team and the other…

Answered: (13) Ten players get together to play…

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Three hungry pirates, Ahab, Bluebeard, and Hook, were stranded on a desert island. They came upon a treasure chest, which they immediately opened. To their joy, they found it to be full of pretzels! Immediately they each ate 10, then they decided they should save the rest for later. That night, after the others had fallen asleep, Ahab crept to the treasure chest and opened it. He separated the pretzels into 3 equal piles. There was 1 extra pretzel, which he gave to a passing monkey. Then he stole one of the 3 equal piles of pretzels, put the rest back into the chest, and went back to camp. A short time later Bluebeard sneaked over to the chest. He separated the pretzels into four equal piles (he wasn’t quite as greedy as Ahab). There were 2 extra pretzels, which he gave to a passing monkey. He then stole one of the four piles and put the rest back into the chest. Still later Hook went to the chest and separated the pretzels into five equal piles. There were 3 left over, which he gave…
In the local boating pond there are 10 plain wooden boats, each with a different number. The owner decides that some of these boats will be painted: one in blue, one in green, one in red, and one in orange, and the remaining ones left unpainted. How many ways are there to paint the boats? The number of ways is
ANSWER ONLY b) When selecting your schedule in school, you can choose from three math courses, three English courses, two science courses, and four history courses. a)How many choices do you have for your schedule if you need to select one math, one English, one science, and one history course? (b) You have room in your schedule for one more class. There are six elective courses to choose from. How many choices of schedules do you now have?
5 members from the math department, 5 members from the biology department, 5 members from the English department, 5 members from the history department, and 5 members from the physics department have declared themselves candidates for three vacant faculty senate seats. If the three seats must be filled by three members from three different departments, in how many ways can the vacant seats be filled?
A legislative committee consists of 4 Democrats and 9 Republicans. A delegation of 4 is to be selected to visit a small island republic. Complete parts (a) through (d) below. (a) How many different delegations are possible? The 4 delegates can be selected different ways. (b) How many delegations would have all Democrats? The 4 delegates can be selected different ways if all 4 are Democrats (c) How many delegations would have 3 Democrats and 1 Republican? The 4 delegates can be selected different ways if 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican (d) How many delegations would include at least 1 Republican? The 4 delegates can be selected different ways if at least 1 is a Republican,
There are 22 members of a basketball team. (1) The coach must select 8 players to travel to an away game. How many ways are there to select the players who will travel? (2) From the 8 players who will travel, the coach must select her starting line-up. She will select a player for each of the five positions: center, right forward, left forward, right guard, left guard. How many ways are there for her to select the starting line-up? (3) From the 8 players who will travel, the coach must select her starting line-up. She will select a player for each of the five positions: center, right forward, left forward, right guard, left guard. However, there are only 3 of the 8 players who can play center. Otherwise, there are no restrictions. How many ways are there for her to select the starting line-up?

Recommended textbooks for you

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780470458365

Author:

Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:

Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Numerical Methods for Engineers

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780073397924

Author:

Steven C. Chapra Dr., Raymond P. Canale

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applicat…

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9781118141809

Author:

Nathan Klingbeil

Publisher:

WILEY

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780470458365

Author:

Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:

Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Numerical Methods for Engineers

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780073397924

Author:

Steven C. Chapra Dr., Raymond P. Canale

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applicat…

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9781118141809

Author:

Nathan Klingbeil

Publisher:

WILEY

Mathematics For Machine Technology

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9781337798310

Author:

Peterson, John.

Publisher:

Cengage Learning,

Basic Technical Mathematics

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780134437705

Author:

Washington

Publisher:

PEARSON

Topology

Advanced Math

ISBN:

9780134689517

Author:

Munkres, James R.

Publisher:

Pearson,

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS