Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 4 - Probability and Counting Rules - 4-4 Counting Rules - Exercises 4-4 - Page 235: 11

Answer

3991680 and $8064$

Work Step by Step

Given the characters A, B, C, H, I, T, U, V, 1, 2, 3, and 4, how many seven-character passwords can be made? (No repeats are allowed.) Use permutation, $_{12}P_7$=3991680 How many if you have to use all four numbers as the first four characters in the password? For the first four places, we have $4!=24$ choices. For the last 3 places, we have $_8P_3$=336 variations. The total is the product of the two: $24\times336=8064$
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