The student council has 11 members where 5 of the members are Seniors. They need to choose a President, VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer.How many ways can they choose the 4 positions where the Treasurer is a Senior?Gabriel has 13 books and he wants to read 4 over the summer. He has 7 fiction books and 6 nonfiction books.How many ways can he choose the books so that the first 3 books are fiction and the next 1 books are nonfiction?

Given problems related to fundamental counting principals. We have to solve both the problems.

The student council has 11 members where 5 of the members are Seniors. They need to choose a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. How many ways can they choose the 4 positions where the Treasurer is a Senior? Sabriel has 13 books and he wants to read 4 over the summer. He has 7 fiction books and 6 nonfiction books. How many ways can he choose the books so that the first 3 books are fiction and the next 1 books are nonfiction?

The student council has 11 members where 5 of the members are Seniors. They need to choose a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. How many ways can they choose the 4 positions where the Treasurer is a Senior? Sabriel has 13 books and he wants to read 4 over the summer. He has 7 fiction books and 6 nonfiction books. How many ways can he choose the books so that the first 3 books are fiction and the next 1 books are nonfiction?

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4T: Over the past year, John has purchased 30 books. In how many ways can he pick four of these books...

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