STAT 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Odysseus, Dissociation Constant
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Stat 400, chapter 2, probability, permutations and combinations - solutions supplemental handout prepared by tim pilachowski. Examples a. through f. have answers on the supplement, with explanations. Example g. in a game of bridge, using a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards, each of four players is dealt thirteen cards. How many possible bridge hands are there? combination the cards were shuffled so that they would not be in any particular order when dealt. Example h. a) odysseus can name every player on his baseball team"s roster. Is this an example of a combination or permutation? b) as the club"s manager, persephone decides which player will bat when in the lineup for each game. A specific order is not needed. b) permutation order is important. The team will want a different batter to be first up than one who bats in the clean-up position.