Binary Strings and Arrangements

Binary Strings and Arrangements

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial covers permutations and combinations, focusing on arranging people in line and forming binary strings with specific restrictions. It explains how to calculate the number of ways to arrange six men and four women in a line, ensuring no two women stand next to each other. It also addresses the impossibility of arranging men without any two standing next to each other due to the pigeonhole principle. The tutorial then shifts to forming binary strings with five zeros and fourteen ones, where each zero must be followed by two ones. The video concludes with a discussion on multinomial coefficients.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many ways can 10 people be arranged in a line?

10 factorial

5 factorial

20 factorial

15 factorial

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in arranging six men and four women such that no two women stand next to each other?

Arrange the women first

Count the total number of people

Choose spots for the women

Arrange the men first

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many spots are available for placing women when arranging six men in a line?

8 spots

7 spots

6 spots

5 spots

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it impossible to arrange six men and four women without any two men standing next to each other?

There are not enough spots for men

There are more women than men

The women are identical

The men are identical

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What principle explains the impossibility of arranging six men without any two standing next to each other?

Combinatorial principle

Pigeonhole principle

Binomial theorem

Factorial principle

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many binary strings can be formed with exactly 5 zeros and 14 ones, where each zero is followed by two ones?

9 factorial over 4 factorial 5 factorial

19 factorial over 5 factorial 14 factorial

14 factorial over 5 factorial 9 factorial

5 factorial over 9 factorial 4 factorial

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the composition of the objects being arranged in the binary string problem?

14 ones and 5 triplets of 001

9 ones and 5 zeros

5 triplets of 011 and 4 ones

5 zeros and 14 ones

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