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4 ! 9! 9, (!) i To examine exactly one, a 75 watt bulb must be chosen first ( ways to accomplish this) To examine exactly two, we must choose another wattage first, then a 75 watt ( 9 ways) Following the pattern, for exactly three, 9 8 ways; for four, ; for five, examine at least bulbs) examine 5 or less) examine exactly or 2 or or or 5) [one) two) five)] [ ] j If the A s are distinguishable from one another, and similarly for the B s, C s and D s, then there are 2! Possible chain molecules Six of these are: A A 2 A B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B, A A A 2 B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B A 2 A A B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B, A 2 A A B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B A A A 2 B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B, A A 2 A B 2 C C D C 2 D D 2 B B These (!) differ only with respect to ordering of the A s In general, groups of chain molecules can be created such that within each group only the ordering of the A s is different When the A subscripts are suppressed, each group of collapses into a single molecule (B s, C s and D s are still distinguishable) At this point there are 2!! molecules Now 2 chain molecules suppressing subscripts on the B s, C s and D s in turn gives ultimately k Think of the group of A s as a single entity, and similarly for the B s, C s, and D s Then there are! Ways to order these entities, and thus! Molecules in which the A s are contiguous, the B s, C s, and D s are also Thus, all together) 9 2 Seats: J&P in &2) 7 J&P next to each other) J&P in &2) J&P in 5&) 5 at least one H next to his W) no H next to his W)

5 We count the # of ways of no H next to his W as follows: # if orderings without a H-W pair in seats # and and no H next to his W * * 2 # 8 * pair, # can t put the mate of seat #2 here or else a H-W pair would be in #5 and # of orderings without a H-W pair in seats # and, and no H next to his W 2 # # can t be mate of person in seat # or #2 So, # of seating arrangements with no H next to W at least one H next to his W) - And no H next to his W), so 8 A A2 ) l A 2 A ) 5 A ) 2 m A A 2 A A ) 8 2 n We want P[(exactly one) (at least one)] at least one) A A 2 A ) Also notice that the intersection of the two events is just the st event, since exactly one is totally contained in at least one So P[(exactly one) (at least one)] 57 o The pieces of this equation can be found in your answers to exercise 2 (section 22): A A2 A ) 5 A A A2 ) 8 A A ) 2 5 p M LS PR) 5, directly from the table of probabilities q M Pr) M,Pr,LS) M,Pr,SS) 572 r SS) sum of 9 probabilities in SS table 5, LS) 5

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