7 everyday math

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Question: How many three letter words (with or without meaning) can be formed out of the letters of the word LOGARITHMS if repetition of letters is not allowed? Answer: Number of letters in the word LOGARITHMS is 10. The three letter words formed by using these letters will be ..

There are 8 ways of travelling from A to B and seven ways for the return journey, since he cannot come by the same car. Hence, the number of ways of making both the journeys is 8 x 7 = 5..

If three quantities are in harmonic progression, then the middle quantity is called the harmonic mean between the other two. Example: 1/3, 1/7, 1/11 are in H.P., then 1/7 is the middle term. Hence 1/7 is the harmonic mean between 1/3 and 1/1..

Question: For the post of 5 teachers, there are 23 applicants. 2 posts are reserved for S.C. candidates and there are 7 S.C. candidates among applicants. In how many ways can the selection be made? Answer: There are 23 applicants. Among this, 7 are S.C. candidates. W..

Using matrix method, solve the following system of linear equations x + y + z = 6 (1) x + 2y + 3z = 14 (2) x + 4y + 7z = 30 ..

= (14 - 12) - (7 - 3) + (4 - 2) = 2 - 4 + 2 = 0 The system may have infinite number of solutions or no solution. Put x = k in (1) and (2) and solve y + z = 6 - k 2y + 3z = 14 - k. Solving the above two equations, we have z = k + 2 and y = 4 - 2k When x = k, substituting these value..

Question: Convert the following into factorials: i) 5.6.7.8.9.10 ii) 4.6.8.10.12 Answer: i) ii) ..

8! = 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 40320 ..

Each one of the following series form an A.P. i) 1, 3, 5, 7, ii) 3, 7, 11, 15, iii) 15, 12, 9, iv) x, x - d, x - 2d, ..... The common difference is found by subtracting any term of the series from the immediate succeeding term. In the above example, common difference in th..