Permutations

[Jvreeland2187]

I'm stuck on this I would like so help please.

The question is...
Bilal is going to the museum. She wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but not necessarily in that order. How many sequences of those exhibits are possible?

Thanks for the help guys and girls.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I'm stuck on this I would like so help please.

The question is...
Bilal is going to the museum. She wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but not necessarily in that order. How many sequences of those exhibits are possible?

Thanks for the help guys and girls.

Start counting:

C, I, G & P ........ C, G, I & P ........ C, P, I & G....... continue....

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[pka]

The question is...
Bilal is going to the museum. She wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but not necessarily in that order. How many sequences of those exhibits are possible?

We have four boxes into put \(\mathcal{C,~I,~G,~P}\). One in each box.
\(\boxed{|\quad \;}\boxed{|\quad \;}\boxed{|\quad \;}\boxed{|\quad \;}\) There are four choices for the first box, how many for the second?
Now finish by multiplying.

 

[Steven G]

I am interpreting the problem differently then the other posters before me. Bilal wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but for some constraint with time may not be able to visit all the exhibits. I feel that there are 2^4 combinations just for which exhibits she will go to. Then we need to consider the order.

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Bilal is going to the museum. She wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but not necessarily in that order. How many sequences of those exhibits are possible?

I am interpreting the problem differently then the other posters before me. Bilal wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but for some constraint with time may not be able to visit all the exhibits. I feel that there are 2^4 combinations just for which exhibits she will go to. Then we need to consider the order.

No, she wants to see all of them, so the question is about possible ways to carry out that plan. This is not meant to be a trick question.

@Jvreeland2187, you forgot to tell us what you know about permutations. You clearly have learned the word, and know that that is what the problem is about, but you didn't show where you got stuck.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I am interpreting the problem differently then the other posters before me. Bilal wants to see the contemporary art exhibit, the Impressionist, the Greek vases, and a special Picasso exhibit but for some constraint with time may not be able to visit all the exhibits. I feel that there are 2^4 combinations just for which exhibits she will go to. Then we need to consider the order.

If there is a constraint of time - then she should skip Greek Vases.

Those are all broken anyway....