CIS 125

25 – Permutations

 

Note: In permutations, order is significant.

 

1.             How many permutations are there of a, b, c, d?

 

 

 

2.         List the permutations of a, b, c, d.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.         How many 3-permutations are there of a, b, c, d?

 

 

 

4.         List the 3-permutations of a, b, c, d.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.         How many permutations are there of 11 distinct objects?

 

 

 

6.         How many 5-permutations are there of 11 distinct objects?

 

 

 


For exercises 7-10, determine how many strings can be formed by ordering the letters ABCDE, subject to the following conditions…

 

7.         … contains the substring ACE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.         … contains the substrings DB and AE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.         … A appears before D? (example: BCAED, BCADE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.       … A appears before C and C appears before E?