Description
- (Inclusion-Exclusion)
Let S = {a,b,c,d} and T = {e,f,g}.
- How many different relations on S × S are there?
- How many different antireflexive relations on S × S are there?
- How many different functions f : S ⟶ T are there?
- How many different onto functions f : S ⟶ T are there?
- (Combinations)
A management panel at a hospital needs to include at least one member from each of the following three professions: a doctor, a lawyer and an accountant. How many different panels can be formed in each of the following situations?
- Each profession offers 5 possible candidates. The panel size is 3.
- Each profession offers 4 possible candidates, but A. Brent (doctor) refuses to serve with C. David (lawyer). The panel size is 3.
- Each profession offers 5 possible candidates. The panel size is 5.
- Each profession offers 4 possible candidates, but A. Brent (doctor) refuses to serve with C. David (lawyer). The panel size is 5.
- (Sequences)
How many sequences of 10 coin flips have at most 3 heads?
- (Advanced Counting)
How many 5-letter words over the alphabet Σ = {a, c, e, n, s}
- include the substring ace?
- include all letters from Σ with a before e (for example, canes)?
- have all their letters in alphabetical order (for example, aceen)? [show answer]
- Challenge Exercise
In a movie theatre, 4 couples are sitting in one row with men and women alternating. If no couple is sitting together, how many arrangements are possible?



