2015 YJC P2 Q9

2015 YJC P2 Q9

8 marks
Prelims

Five-letter codewords are formed using the letters of the word MATHEMATICS.

  1. Find the number of codewords that can be formed if there are no restrictions.[4]
  2. Find the probability that a codeword
    1. contains both M’s and both A’s,[1]
    2. has both A’s separated, given that it contains all the four vowels.[3]

TGM probability model for part (b): choose uniformly at random from the distinct five-letter codewords counted in part (a). Each distinct codeword is equally likely.

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Answer:(a) \(13\,560\) (b)(i) \(\dfrac{3}{226}\) (ii) \(\dfrac35\)

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