1. Jolene wants to drive from her house to the grocery store and then to the library....
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2. There are three bridges from the west shore of a river to an island in the center, and three bridges from the island to the east shore. How many different ways are there to cross from the west shore to the east shore?
3. If you can travel from Frederick, Maryland, to Baltimore, Maryland, by car, bus, or train and from Baltimore to London by airplane or ship, how many different ways are there to go from Frederick to London via Baltimore?
4. Suppose that Maria wants to go from Florida to Maine via New York and can travel each leg of the journey by bus, car, train, or airplane. How many different ways can Maria make the trip?
5. Forty-four race cars competed in the 2016 Daytona 500. Assuming no ties, how many possibilities were there for the first-, second-, and third-place finishers?
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications
ISBN: 978-0134768632
12th edition
Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair