Univ. of Wisconsin - Parkside
Math 310
September 16, 2025
Homework 3: Combinatorics and Probability (Part 1)
- Section 1.5, #7, Section 1.7, #6, 8, 10, Section 1.8, #1, 4.
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Five differently-colored golf balls are randomly thrown into
nine different buckets. Find the probability that
- none of the golf balls lands in bucket 1.
- no two golf balls land in the same bucket.
- the red, white, and blue golf balls land in different buckets.
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A deck of cards is shuffled. Find the probability that
- the top five cards are all different denominations.
- the bottom four cards are all the same denomination.
- the top card is an ace.
- the third card from the top is an ace.