2025 HCI P2 Q5

2025 HCI P2 Q5

6 marks

The eleven letters in the word INSPIRATION are each printed on separate, identical cards.

  1. Find the number of ways in which the cards can be arranged in a row if,
    1. there are no restrictions,[1]
    2. the letters N are together or the letters I must all be separated, but not both.[3]
  2. Three of the eleven cards are removed at random. Find the probability that the letters on the eight cards left behind are all distinct.[2]

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Answer:(a)(i) \(3326400\) (a)(ii) \(1733760\) (b) \(\dfrac2{55}\)

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