CAIE S1 2023 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2023
SessionNovember
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeArrangements with alternating patterns

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  1. Find the number of different arrangements of the 9 letters in the word ANDROMEDA in which no consonant is next to another consonant. (The letters D, M, N and R are consonants and the letters A, E and O are not consonants.)
  2. Find the number of different arrangements of the 9 letters in the word ANDROMEDA in which there is an A at each end and the Ds are not together.
    Four letters are selected at random from the 9 letters in the word ANDROMEDA.
  3. Find the probability that this selection contains at least one D and exactly one A .
    If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown.