The door on the computer center has a lock which has five buttons numbered from 1 to 5. The combination of numbers that opens the lock is a sequence of five numbers and is reset every week.

(a) How many combinations are possible if every button must be used once?

(b) Assume that the lock can also have combinations that require you to push two buttons simultaneously and then the other three one at a time. How many more combinations does this permit?

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Rachel Patton

Mathematics

24 August, 15:15

The door on the computer center has a lock which has five buttons numbered from 1 to 5. The combination of numbers that opens the lock is a sequence of five numbers and is reset every week.

(a) How many combinations are possible if every button must be used once?

(b) Assume that the lock can also have combinations that require you to push two buttons simultaneously and then the other three one at a time. How many more combinations does this permit?

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Mckinley Reed · Answer 1

a) 121 combinations

b) 124 combinations

Step-by-step explanation:

a) 5 possible number without repeating any will give us =

5 possible numbers * 4 possible numbers * 3 possible numbers * 2possible numbers + 1 possible numbers = 121 combination

b) 5 possible number but repeating 1 will give us 5 possible numbers * 4 possible numbers * 3 possible numbers * 2possible numbers

+4 possible number

124 combination