Problem 1: EE Board October 1993

In a class 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry. How many

like both Calculus and Chemistry?
 A. 10
 B. 11
 C. 12
 D. 13
Problem 2: ECE Board November 1998
A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke
Philip Morris. How many like both?

 A. 10
 B. 11
 C. 12
 D. 13
Problem 3: GE Board February 1994
A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them had eaten at restaurant P
and that 52 of them had eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the following could
not be the number of persons in the surveyed group who had eaten at both
P and Q?

 A. 20
 B. 22
 C. 24
 D. 26
Problem 4: ECE Board November 1992
The probability for the ECE board examinees from a certain school to pass
the subject Mathematics is 3/7 and for the subject Communications is 5/7. If
none of the examinees fails both subject and there are 4 examinees who
pass both subjects, find the number of examinees from that school who took
the examinations.

 A. 20
 B. 25
 C. 30
 D. 28
Problem 5: EE Board April 1997
In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand preference, 120
were found to prefer brand x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand
z only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but
not x and 370 prefer either brand z or x but not y. How many persons have
no brand preference, satisfied with any of the three brands?

 A. 280
 B. 230
 C. 180
 D. 130
Problem 6: EE Board April 1997
A toothpaste firm claims that in survey of 54 people, they were using either
Colgate, Hapee or Close-up brand. The following statistics were found: 6
people used all three brands, 5 used only Hapee and Close-up, 18 used
Hapee or Close-up, 2 used Hapee, 2 used only Hapee and Colgate, 1 used
Close-up and Colgate, and 20 used only Colgate. Is the survey worth paying
for?

 A. Neither yes nor no

 B. Yes
 C. No
 D. Either yes or no
Problem 7:
How many four-letter words beginning and ending with a vowel without any
letter repeated can be formed from the word “personnel”?

 A. 40
 B. 480
 C. 20
 D. 312
Problem 8:
Five different Mathematics books, 4 different electronics books and 2
different communications books are to be placed in a shelf with the books of
the same subject together. Find the number of ways in which the books can
be placed.

 A. 292
 B. 5760
 C. 34560
 D. 12870
Problem 9:
The number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be seated on a bench
with the nurses seated together is?

 A. 144
 B. 258
 C. 720
 D. 450
Problem 10: ECE Board November 1998
If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery (assuming that there are no ties),
how many ways can these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth
prizes?

 A. 4,845
 B. 116,260
 C. 360,360
 D. 3,003
Problem 11: CE Board November 1996
How many 4 digit numbers can be formed without repeating any digit from
the following digits: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6?

 A. 120
 B. 130
 C. 140
 D. 150
Problem 12: EE Board June 1990
How many permutations are there if the letters PNRCSE are taken six at a
time?

 A. 1440
 B. 480
 C. 720
 D. 360
Problem 13: EE Board April 1996
In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?

 A. 720
 B. 120
 C. 360
 D. 180
Problem 14: EE Board April 1997
What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?

 A. 36
 B. 60
 C. 52
 D. 42
Problem 15: ME Board April 1994
A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’s and 6 CPM’s. If a committee of 3
members, one from each group is to be formed, how many such committees
can be formed?

 A. 2,024
 B. 12,144
 C. 480
 D. 360
Problem 16: ME Board October 1992
In how many ways can a PSME Chapter with 15 directors choose a President,
a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can
hold more than one position?

 A. 360,360
 B. 32,760
 C. 3,003
 D. 3,603,600
Problem 17: EE Board October 1997
Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How
many signals can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more
flags?

 A. 64
 B. 66
 C. 68
 D. 62
Problem 18: EE Board June 1990, EE Board April 1993, CHE Board May 1994
In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated alternately in a row of 8
seats?

 A. 1152
 B. 2304
 C. 576
 D. 2204
Problem 19: EE Board October 1997
There are four balls of four different colors. Two balls are taken at a time
and arranged in a definite order. For example, if a white and red balls are
taken, one definite arrangement is white first, red second, and another
arrangement is red first, white second. How many such arrangements are
possible?

 A. 24
 B. 6
 C. 12
 D. 36
Problem 20:
How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls form a circle with boys and
girls alternate?
 A. 28,800
 B. 2,880
 C. 5,600
 D. 14,400
Problem 21: EE Board October 1997
There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at a time are taken and
arranged any way. How many such combinations are possible?

 A. 36
 B. 3
 C. 6
 D. 12
Problem 22: EE Board March 1998
How many 6-number combinations can be generated from the numbers from
1 to 42 inclusive, without repetition and with no regards to the order of the
numbers?

 A. 850,668
 B. 5,245,786
 C. 188,848,296
 D. 31,474,716
Problem 23:
Find the total number of combinations of three letters, J, R, T taken 1, 2, 3
at a time.

 A. 7
 B. 8
 C. 9
 D. 10
Problem 24: ME Board October 1997
In how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends in a
party?

 A. 15
 B. 31
 C. 36
 D. 25
Problem 25: CHE November 1996
In how many ways can a committee of three consisting of two chemical
engineers and one mechanical engineer can be formed from four chemical
engineers and three mechanical engineers?

 A. 18
 B. 64
 C. 32
 D. None of these
Problem 26: EE Board April 1995
In Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 problems from a set of
10 problems. In how many ways can he make his choice?

 A. 120
 B. 530
 C. 720
 D. 320
Problem 27: EE Board April 1997
How many committees can be formed by choosing 4 men from an
organization of a membership of 15 men?

 A. 1390
 B. 1240
 C. 1435
 D. 1365
Problem 28: ECE Board April 1998
A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways
can the company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the
position?

 A. 680
 B. 540
 C. 480
 D. 840
Problem 29: ECE Board April 1994
There are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is to play with each other
only once. What is the minimum number of days can they all play without
any team playing more than one game in any day?

 A. 11
 B. 12
 C. 13
 D. 14
Problem 30: EE Board October 1996
There are five main roads between the cities A and B, and four between B
and C. In how many ways can a person drive from A to C and return, going
through B on both trips without driving on the same road twice?

 A. 260
 B. 240
 C. 120
  D. 160
Problem 31: EE Board April 1991
There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and second prize.
What is the probability of a man drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?

 A. 50%
 B. 25%
 C. 20%
 D. 40%
Problem 32:
Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers is
11?

 A. 1/36
 B. 1/9
 C. 1/18
 D. 1/20
Problem 33:
Roll two dice once. What is the probability that the sum is 7?

 A. 1/6
 B. 1/8
 C. 1/4
 D. 1/7
Problem 34:
In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12 is?

 A. 1/6
 B. 1/9
 C. 1/12
 D. 1/18
Problem 35:
Determine the probability of drawing either a king or a diamond in a single
draw from a pack of 52 playing cards

 A. 2/13
 B. 3/13
 C. 4/13
 D. 1/13
Problem 36:
A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards, Find the probability if
drawing a king or a red card.

 A. 0.5835
 B. 0.5385
 C. 0.3585
 D. 0.8535
Problem 37: CE Board November 1998
A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails up?

 A. 1/8
 B. 1/16
 C. 1/4
 D. 7/8
Problem 38: EE Board April 1996
The probability of getting at least 2 heads when a coin is tossed four times
is?

 A. 11/16
 B. 13/16
 C. 1/4
 D. 3/8
Problem 39:
A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting either 3
heads or 3 tail?

 A. 1/8
 B. 3/8
 C. 1/4
 D. 1/2
Problem 40: ECE Board March 1996
The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students
are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one of them got
a credit?

 A. 19/27
 B. 8/27
 C. 2/3
 D. 1/3
Problem 41:
There are 3 questions in a test. For each question is awarded for a correct
answer and none for a wrong answer. If the probability that Janine correctly
answers a question in the test is 2/3, determine the probability that she gets
zero in the test.

 A. 8/27
 B. 4/9
 C. 1/30
  D. 1/27
Problem 42: EE Board April 1991
In the ECE Board Examinations, the probability that an examinee will pass
each subject is 0.8. What is the probability that an examinee will pass at
least two subjects out of three board subjects?

 A. 70.9%
 B. 80.9%
 C. 85.9%
 D. 89.6%
Problem 43:
In a multiple choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out
of 5 choices of which only 1 is right, If there are 10 questions in a test, what
is the probability of getting 6 right of pure guesswork?

 A. 10%
 B. 6%
 C. 0.44%
 D. 0.55%
Problem 44: ME Board April 1994
From a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10 blue balls, one ball is
drawn at random. Determine the probability that is red or white.

 A. 1/3
 B. 7/12
 C. 5/12
 D. 1/4
Problem 45: EE Board October 1990
From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn
one at a time. Find the probability that both balls are white. Assume that the
first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn.

 A. 25/81
 B. 16/81
 C. 5/18
 D. 40/81
Problem 46: CE Board May 1996
A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

 A. 5/16
 B. 5/28
 C. 5/32
 D. 5/14
Problem 47: ME Board April 1996
An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of
getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?

 A. 0.24
 B. 0.27
 C. 0.53
 D. 0.04
Problem 48: EE Board October 1990
From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn
one at a time. Find the probability that one ball is white and one ball is
black. Assume that the first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn.

 A. 16/81
 B. 25/81
 C. 20/81
 D. 40/81
Problem 49: EE Board October 1997
A group of 3 people enter a theatre after the lights had dimmed. They are
shown to the correct group of 3 seats by the usher. Each person holds a
number stub. What is the probability that each is in the correct seat
according to the numbers on seat and stub?

 A. 1/6
 B. 1/4
 C. 1/2
 D. 1/8
Problem 50:
From 20 tickets marked with the first 20 numerals, one is drawn at random.
What is the chance that it will be a multiple of 3 or of 7?

 A. 1/2
 B. 8/15
 C. 3/10
 D. 2/5

Problem 51
How permutation can be made out of the letters in the world island taking
four letters at a time?

 A. 360
 B. 720
 C. 120
 D. 24
Problem 52 (CE November 1996)
How many 4 digit number can be formed without repeating any digit, from
the following digit 1,2,3,4 and 6.

 A. 150
 B. 120
 C. 140
 D. 130
Problem 53
How many permutations can made out of the letters of the word
ENGINEERING?

 A. 39,916,800
 B. 277,200
 C. 55,440
 D. 3,326,400
Problem 54
How many ways can 3 men and 4 women be seated on a bench if the
women to be together?

 A. 720
 B. 576
 C. 5040
 D. 1024
Problem 55
In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills?

 A. 120
 B. 1
 C. 72
 D. 24
Problem 56
In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills, if two
particular persons refuse to follow each other?

 A. 120
 B. 72
 C. 90
 D. 140
Problem 57
How many ways can 7 people be seated at a round table?

 A. 5040
 B. 120
 C. 720
 D. 840
Problem 58
In how many relative orders can we seat 7 people at a round table with a
certain people side by side.

 A. 144
 B. 5040
 C. 720
 D. 1008
Problem 59
In how many ways can we seat 7 people in a round table with a certain 3
people not in consecutive order?

 A. 576
 B. 3960
 C. 5320
 D. 689
Problem 60
The captain of a baseball team assigns himself to the 4th place in the batting
order. In how many ways can he assign the remaining places to his eight
teammates if just three men are eligible for the first position?

 A. 2160
 B. 40320
 C. 5040
 D. 15120
Problem 61
In how many ways can PICE chapter with 15 directors choose a president, a
vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and an auditor, if no member can
hold more than one position?

 A. 630630
 B. 3300
 C. 5040
 D. 15120
Problem 62
How many ways can a committee of five be selected from an organization
with 35 members?

 A. 324632
 B. 425632
 C. 125487
 D. 326597
Problem 63
How many line segments can be formed by 13 distinct point?

 A. 156
 B. 36
 C. 98
 D. 78
Problem 64
In how many ways can a hostess select six luncheon guests from 10 women
if she is to avoid having particular two of them together at the luncheon?

 A. 210
 B. 84
 C. 140
 D. 168
Problem 65 (ECE April 1998)
A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways
can the company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the
position?

 A. 680
 B. 840
 C. 480
 D. 540
Problem 66
How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to a party?

 A. 25
 B. 15
 C. 31
 D. 62
Problem 67
A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 green balls, and 5 blue balls. The probability of
not getting a red ball in the first draw is:

 A. 2
 B. 2/3
 C. 1
 D. 1/3
Problem 68
Which of the following cannot be a probability?

 A. 1
 B. 0
 C. 1/e
 D. 0.434343
Problem 69 (CE May 1996)
A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?

 A. 5/28
 B. 5/16
 C. 5/32
 D. 5/14
Problem 70
A bag contains 3 white and 5 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random,
find the probability that both are white.

 A. 3/28
 B. 3/8
 C. 2/7
 D. 5/15
Problem 71
In problem 70, find the probability that one ball is white and the other is red.

 A. 15/56
 B. 15/28
 C. ¼
 D. 225/784
Problem 72
In the problem 70, find the probability that all are of the same color.

 A. 13/30
 B. 14/29
 C. 13/28
 D. 15/28
Problem 73
The probability that both stages of a two-stage rocket to function correctly is
0.92. The reliability of the first stage is 0.97. The reliability of the second
stage is:

 A. 0.948
 B. 0.958
 C. 0.968
 D. 0.8924
Problem 74
Ricky and George each throw dice. If Ricky gets a sum of four what is the
probability that George will get less than of four?
 A. ½
 B. 5/6
 C. 9/11
 D. 1/12
Problem 75
Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is
divisible by 5?

 A. 7/36
 B. 1/9
 C. 1/12
 D. ¼
Problem 76 (ME April 1996)
An um contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of
getting one black ball and white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?

 A. 0.24
 B. 0.27
 C. 0.53
 D. 0.04
Problem 77
If three balls in drawn in succession from 5 white and a second bag, find the
probability that all are of one color, if the first ball is replaced immediately
while the second is not replaced before the third draw.

 A. 10/121
 B. 18/121
 C. 28/121
 D. 180/14641
Problem 78
A first bag contains 5 white balls and 10 black balls. The experiment consists
of selecting a bag and then drawing a ball from the selected bag. Find the
probability of drawing a white ball.

 A. 1/3
 B. 1/6
 C. 1/2
 D. 1/8
Problem 79
In problem 78, find the probability of drawing a white ball from the first bag.

 A. 5/6
 B. 1/6
 C. 2/3
  D. 1/3
Problem 80
If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that will just
have three heads.

 A. 33/128
 B. 35/128
 C. 30/129
 D. 37/129
Problem 81
If seven coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that there will
be at least six tails.

 A. 2/128
 B. 3/128
 C. 1/16
 D. 2/16
Problem 82 (CE November 1998)
A face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is are
the probability of getting three tails?

 A. 1/8
 B. ½
 C. ¼
 D. 1/6
Problem 83
The face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is the
probability of getting three tails or three heads?

 A. 1/8
 B. ½
 C. ¼
 D. 1/6
Problem 84
Five fair coins were tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
three heads and two tails?

 A. 1/32
 B. 1/16
 C. 1/8
 D. ¼
Problem 85
Throw a fair coin five times. What is the probability of getting three heads
and two tails?
 A. 5/32
 B. 5/16
 C. 1/32
 D. 7/16
Problem 86 (ECE March 1996)
The probability of getting credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students
are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one of them got
a credit?

 A. 19/27
 B. 8/27
 C. 2/3
 D. 1/3
Problem 87
There are three short questions in mathematics test. For each question, one
(1) mark will be awarded for a correct answer and no mark for a wrong
answer. If the probability that Mary correctly answers a question in a test is
2/3, determine the probability that Mary gets two marks.

 A. 4/27
 B. 8/27
 C. 4/9
 D. 2/9
Problem 88
A marksman hits 75% of all his targets. What is the probability that he will
hit exactly 4 of his next ten shot?

 A. 0.01622
 B. 0.4055
 C. 0.004055
 D. 0.001622
Problem 89
A two-digit number is chosen randomly. What is the probability that it is
divisible by 7?

 A. 7/50
 B. 13/90
 C. 1/7
 D. 7/45
Problem 90
One box contains four cards numbered 1, 3,5,and 6. Another box contains
three cards numbered 2, 4, and 7. One card is drawn from each bag. Find
the probability that the sum is even.
 A. 5/12
 B. 3/7
 C. 7/12
 D. 5/7
Problem 91
Two people are chosen randomly from 4 married couples. What is probability
that they are husband and wife?

 A. 1/28
 B. 1/14
 C. 3/28
 D. 1/7
Problem 92
One letter is taken from each of the words PARALLEL and LEVEL at random.
What is the probability of getting the same letter?

 A. 1/5
 B. 1/20
 C. 3/20
 D. ¾
Problem 93
In a shooting game, the probability that Botoy and Toto will hit a target is
2/3 and ¾ respectively. What is the probability that the target is hit when
both shoot at it once?

 A. 13/5
 B. 5/13
 C. 7/12
 D. 11/12
Problem 94
A standard deck of 52 playing cards is well shuffled. The probability that the
first four cards dealt from the deck will be four aces is closes to:

 A. 4 x 10-6
 B. 2 x 10-6
 C. 3 x 10-6
 D. 8 x 10-6
Problem 95
A card is chosen from pack of playing cards. What is the probability that it is
either red or a picture card?

 A. 8/13
 B. 10/13
 C. 19/26
  D. 8/15
Problem 96
In a poker game consisting of 5 cards, what is the probability of holding 2
aces and 2 Queens?

 A. 5! /52!
 B. 5/52
 C. 33/54145
 D. 1264/45685
Problem 97
Dennis Rodman sinks 50% of all his attempts. What is the probability that
he will make exactly 3 of his next 10 attempts?

 A. 1/256
 B. 3/8
 C. 30/128
 D. 15/128
Problem 98
There are 10 defectives per 1000 items of a product in long run. What is the
probability that there is one and only one defective in random lot of 100?

 A. 0.3697
 B. 0.3967
 C. 0.3796
 D. 0.3679
Problem 99
The UN forces for Bosnia uses a type of missile that hits the target with a
probability of 0.3. How many missiles should be fired so that there is at least
an 80% probability of hitting the target?

 A. 2
 B. 4
 C. 5
 D. 3
Problem 100 (ME April 1997)
In a dice game, one fair is used. The player wins P20.00 if he rolls either 1
or 6. He losses P10.00 if he turns up any other face. What is the expected
winning for one roll of the die?

 A. P40.00
 B. P0.00
 C. P20.00
 D. P10.00
Answer Key
1. 12

Review: Solution for Number 1

2. 13

Review: Solution for Number 2

3. 24

Review: Solution for Number 3

4. 28

Review: Solution for Number 4

5. 280

Review: Solution for Number 5

6. No

Review: Solution for Number 6

7. 40

Review: Solution for Number 7

8. 34560

Review: Solution for Number 8

9. 720

Review: Solution for Number 9

10. 360,360

Review: Solution for Number 10

11. 120

Review: Solution for Number 11

12. 720

Review: Solution for Number 12

13. 720

Review: Solution for Number 13

14. 60

Review: Solution for Number 14

15. 480

Review: Solution for Number 15

16. 360,360

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17. 64

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18. 1152

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19. 12

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20. 2,880

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21. 6

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22. 5,245,786

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23. 7

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24. 31

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25. 18

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26. 120

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27. 1365

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28. 540

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29. 13
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30. 240

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31. 20%

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32. 1/18

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33. 1/6

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34. 1/9

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35. 4/13

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36. 0.5385

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37. 1/8

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38. 11/16

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39. 1/4

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40. 19/27

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41. 1/27

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42. 89.6%

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43. 0.55%

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44. 7/12
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45. 25/81

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46. 5/14

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47. 0.53

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48. 40/81

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49. 1/6

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50. 2/5

51. A. 360

52. B. 120

53. B. 277,200

54. B. 576

55. A. 120

56. B. 72

57. C. 720

58. A. 144

59. A. 576

60. D. 15120

61. D. 15120

62. A. 324632

63. D. 78
64. C. 140

65. D. 540

66. C. 31

67. B. 2/3

68. C. 1/e

69. D. 5/14

70. A. 3/28

71. B. 15/28

72. C. 13/28

73. A. 0.948

74. D. 1/12

75. A. 7/36

76. C. 0.53

77. C. 28/121

78. C. 1/2

79. B. 1/6

80. B. 35/128

81. C. 1/16

82. A. 1/8

83. C. ¼

84. A. 1/32

85. B. 5/16
86. A. 19/27

87. C. 4/9

88. A. 0.01622

89. B. 13/90

90. A. 5/12

91. D. 1/7

92. A. 1/5

93. D. 11/12

94. A. 4 x 10-6

95. A. 8/13

96. C. 33/54145

97. D. 15/128

98. A. 0.3697

99. C. 5

100. B. P0.00