Combinatorics

9000153901

Level: 
C
Find the number of ways how to distribute \(8\) identical balls among \(5\) persons so that each of them gets at least one ball.
\(\left({7\above 0.0pt 3}\right) = 35\)
\(5^{3} = 125\)
\(\left({12\above 0.0pt 5} \right) = 792\)
\(\left({12\above 0.0pt 8} \right) = 495\)

9000148904

Level: 
A
Pamela needs new ski for a ski course. There are skis from six different vendors in a shop. The shop has four different ski pairs from each vendor, but two vendors have all products behind Pam's financial limit. How many pairs are at disposal for Pam?
\(4\cdot 4=16\)
\(4!=24\)
\(4\cdot 2=8\)
\(4 + 2=6\)

9000148901

Level: 
A
The current Czech vehicle registration plate number has the form NLN-NNNN, where N stands for a digit from \(0\) to \(9\) and L stands for a letter from an alphabet containing \(26\) letters. How many different registration plates are possible?
\(26\cdot 10^{6}\)
\(10^{6}\)
\(15\cdot 10^{6} + 6\cdot 10^{5}= 156\cdot 10^{5}\)
\(16\cdot 10^{6}\)

9000148903

Level: 
A
A combination lock will open if a right choice of three numbers (from \(1\) to \(9\)) is selected. Suppose that we use a brute force attack to open the lock (we try all possibilities). To try one code takes \(20\) seconds. What is the maximal time (in seconds) required to open the lock by brute force?
\(20\cdot 9^{3}\, \mathrm{s}=14\:580\,\mathrm{s}\)
\(20\cdot \frac{9!} {6!}\, \mathrm{s}=10\:080\,\mathrm{s}\)
\(20\cdot \frac{9!} {3!\; 6!}\, \mathrm{s}=1\:680\,\mathrm{s}\)
\(20\cdot 9\cdot 3\, \mathrm{s}=540\,\mathrm{s}\)