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Gordon-Holliday Pre-calculus, p. 767

M: Effect of Sample Size/Simple and Compound Events

PT: Combinations

RW: Sports/Baseball

How many different baseball teams of nine players can Southern High School put on the field if they have 2 players that can only play catcher, 6 players that can only be pitchers, and 17 that can play any of the other seven positions?


Gerver Alg II, p. 116

M: Simple and Compound Events

PT: Combinations

RW: Selecting committee members

In how many ways can a committee of 5 people be chosen from a group of 6 women and 7 men if

a)      There are no restrictions on the committee.

b)      The committee must consist of 3 women and 2 men.

c)      The committee must have at least 2 women.


Key to Problem Bank:

M: Misconception PT: Probability Topic RW: Real World Topic