2022 JPJC P2 Q6

2022 JPJC P2 Q6

8 marks
Prelims

A computer is used to generate codes consisting of four letters followed by two digits. Each of the four letters generated is equally likely to be any of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet “A – Z”. Each of the two digits generated is equally likely to be any of the ten digits “\(0-9\)”.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen code has

  1. four different letters and two different digits[2]
  2. two different consonants and two different vowels, where the consonants and vowels alternate,[3]
  3. two letters the same, two letters different and two digits the same.[3]

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Answer:(i) \(\dfrac{3105}{4394}\) (ii) \(0.0368\) (3 s.f.) (iii) \(\dfrac{45}{2197}\)

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