Submitted by Some.Username on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:47
The Hints and Partial Solutions link just links back to the questions so there aren't any answers for Assignment 24.
Submitted by Some.Username on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:47
The Hints and Partial Solutions link just links back to the questions so there aren't any answers for Assignment 24.
Underground Mathematics: Selected worked STEP questions
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Stephen Siklos' "Advanced Problems in Mathematics" book (external link)
MEI: Worked solutions to STEP questions (external link)
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AMSP (Advanced Maths Support programme): Support for University Admission Tests (external link)
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Thanks!
Should be fixed now. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
Assignment 6 (2 ii)
For the distinct ways Ebenezer can rearrange his name. Shouldn't the solution be 8!/5!. Why is it 8!/4! (Mentioned in the hints and partial solutions?
Ebenezer
If you treat all the "e's" as different letters (i.e. consider the number of permutations of e1,b,e2,n,e3,z,e4,r there are 8! different ways of arranging this. However there are 4! ways of arranging e1,e2,e3,e4, so these permutations occur in "groups" of 4! permutations which are in fact the same permutation. Hence the answer is 8!4!.