PERMUTATION VS COMBINATION

1. Five badminton players chosen from a group of twelve

• Permutation

• Combination

2. Determining the top three winners in Math Challenge

• Permutation

• Combination

3. Assembling a jigsaw puzzle

• Permutation

• Combination

4. Choosing three of your classmates to attend your party

• Permutation

• Combination

5. 20 books in a library shelf

• Permutation

• Combination

6 .A Short DNA sequence consists of four bases: A (Adenine) T (Thymine), C (Cytosine), and G (Guanine). How many different ways can you arrange these four bases in a unique sequence?

• 24

• 34

• 35

• 40

7 .In a 100-meter sprint, 8 athletes are competing. How many different ways can they finish in 1^st, 2^nd, and third place?

• 330

• 336

• 338

• 340

8. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional organization consisting of ten countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. If each country sends one representative, in how many ways can we choose 4 representatives?

• 100

• 110

• 210

• 310