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-# COMP182 Homework 7
+# COMP182 Homework 7: Counting
 
-## Student Responses
+## Part 1: Combinatorics Basics
 
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+### Problem 1: Bit strings starting with 000 or ending with 111
 
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+**Answer: 240 bit strings**
+
+**Work:**
+
+Let A = {bit strings of length 10 starting with 000}
+Let B = {bit strings of length 10 ending with 111}
+
+We want |A ∪ B|.
+
+By inclusion-exclusion: |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| - |A ∩ B|
+
+**Finding |A|:**
+- First 3 bits are fixed as 000
+- Remaining 7 bits can be anything: 0 or 1
+- |A| = 2^7 = 128
+
+**Finding |B|:**
+- Last 3 bits are fixed as 111
+- Remaining 7 bits can be anything
+- |B| = 2^7 = 128
+
+**Finding |A ∩ B|:**
+- First 3 bits: 000
+- Last 3 bits: 111
+- Middle 4 bits: can be anything
+- |A ∩ B| = 2^4 = 16
+
+**Therefore:**
+|A ∪ B| = 128 + 128 - 16 = **240**
+
+---
+
+### Problem 2: Positive integers less than 1,000,000 with exactly one 9 and digit sum 13
+
+**Answer: 420 integers**
+
+**Work:**
+
+We need positive integers less than 1,000,000 with exactly one digit equal to 9 and digit sum equal to 13.
+
+If exactly one digit is 9 and the sum is 13, then the remaining digits sum to 13 - 9 = 4.
+
+We count by number of digits (1 to 6):
+
+**1-digit:** Only {9}, sum = 9 ≠ 13. Count: 0
+
+**2-digit:** Form is 9X or X9 where remaining digit equals 4
+- 94, 49
+- Count: 2
+
+**3-digit:** The 9 can be in position 1, 2, or 3. The other two digits sum to 4.
+
+Position 1 (9AB): A, B ∈ {0-9}, A+B=4
+- Stars and bars: C(4+2-1, 2-1) = C(5,1) = 5
+
+Position 2 (A9B): A ∈ {1-8}, B = 4-A ∈ {0-9}
+- Valid: A ∈ {1,2,3,4} → 4 numbers
+
+Position 3 (AB9): A ∈ {1-8}, B = 4-A ∈ {0-9}
+- Valid: A ∈ {1,2,3,4} → 4 numbers
+
+Count: 5 + 4 + 4 = 13
+
+**4-digit:** The 9 is in one position, three others sum to 4.
+
+Position 1: 9ABC where A+B+C=4
+- C(4+3-1, 3-1) = C(6,2) = 15
+
+Positions 2,3,4: A is first digit ∈ {1-8}, remaining two digits sum to 4-A
+- For each position: Σ_{A=1}^{4} C(4-A+2-1, 2-1) = 4+3+2+1 = 10
+- Three such positions: 3 × 10 = 30
+
+Count: 15 + 30 = 45
+
+**5-digit:** The 9 is in one position, four others sum to 4.
+
+Position 1: 9ABCD where A+B+C+D=4
+- C(4+4-1, 4-1) = C(7,3) = 35
+
+Positions 2,3,4,5: A ∈ {1-8}, remaining three sum to 4-A
+- For each A ∈ {1-4}: C(4-A+3-1, 3-1) = C(6-A, 2)
+- Sum: C(5,2) + C(4,2) + C(3,2) + C(2,2) = 10 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 20
+- Four such positions: 4 × 20 = 80
+
+Count: 35 + 80 = 115
+
+**6-digit:** The 9 is in one position, five others sum to 4.
+
+Position 1: 9ABCDE where A+B+C+D+E=4
+- C(4+5-1, 5-1) = C(8,4) = 70
+
+Positions 2-6: A ∈ {1-8}, remaining four sum to 4-A
+- For each A ∈ {1-4}: C(4-A+4-1, 4-1) = C(7-A, 3)
+- Sum: C(6,3) + C(5,3) + C(4,3) + C(3,3) = 20 + 10 + 4 + 1 = 35
+- Five such positions: 5 × 35 = 175
+
+Count: 70 + 175 = 245
+
+**Total:** 0 + 2 + 13 + 45 + 115 + 245 = **420**
+
+---
+
+### Problem 3: Solutions to x₁ + x₂ + x₃ ≤ 11 with nonnegative integers
+
+**Answer: 364 solutions**
+
+**Work:**
+
+To convert the inequality to an equality, introduce a slack variable x₄ ≥ 0:
+
+$$x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 = 11$$
+
+where x₁, x₂, x₃, x₄ are all nonnegative integers.
+
+The number of such solutions is given by stars and bars:
+
+$$\binom{11 + 4 - 1}{4 - 1} = \binom{14}{3} = \frac{14 \cdot 13 \cdot 12}{3 \cdot 2 \cdot 1} = \frac{2184}{6} = 364$$
+
+---
+
+### Problem 4: Proof that any set of n+1 positive integers ≤ 2n contains two relatively prime integers
+
+**Proof:**
+
+Partition the integers {1, 2, ..., 2n} into n pairs of consecutive integers:
+$$\{1, 2\}, \{3, 4\}, \{5, 6\}, \ldots, \{2n-1, 2n\}$$
+
+**Key observation:** Any two consecutive integers are relatively prime.
+- If gcd(k, k+1) = d > 1, then d | k and d | (k+1), so d | [(k+1) - k] = 1, contradiction.
+
+By the Pigeonhole Principle, if we select n+1 integers from {1, 2, ..., 2n}, at least two must come from the same pair (since there are only n pairs).
+
+These two integers are consecutive and therefore relatively prime. ∎
+
+---
+
+## Part 2: Arrangements and Special Cases
+
+### Problem 1: Integers ≤ pq relatively prime to n = pq (p, q distinct primes)
+
+**Answer: (p-1)(q-1) integers**
+
+**Work:**
+
+An integer k is relatively prime to n = pq iff gcd(k, pq) = 1, which means k is not divisible by p and not divisible by q.
+
+Using inclusion-exclusion on {1, 2, ..., pq}:
+
+- Total integers: pq
+- Integers divisible by p: pq/p = q
+- Integers divisible by q: pq/q = p
+- Integers divisible by both p and q: pq/(pq) = 1
+
+Number of integers relatively prime to pq:
+$$pq - q - p + 1 = (p-1)(q-1)$$
+
+---
+
+### Problem 2: Arranging n students and m instructors (one is lead instructor)
+
+#### (a) All students standing next to each other
+
+**Answer: n! · (m+1)!**
+
+**Work:**
+
+Treat all n students as a single "block":
+- We have 1 student-block and m individual instructors
+- These m+1 units can be arranged in (m+1)! ways
+- Within the block, the n students can be arranged in n! ways
+
+**Total: n! · (m+1)!**
+
+#### (b) No two instructors standing next to each other
+
+**Answer: n! · C(n+1, m) · m!**
+
+**Work:**
+
+First arrange the n students in a line: n! ways.
+
+This creates n+1 "gaps":
+$$\_S\_S\_S\_\cdots\_S\_$$
+
+To place m instructors with no two adjacent, we select m of these n+1 gaps:
+- Choose which m gaps: C(n+1, m) ways
+- Arrange the m instructors in those gaps: m! ways
+
+**Total: n! · C(n+1, m) · m!**
+
+#### (c) No student standing next to the lead instructor L
+
+**Answer: (m+n)! - n(2m + n - 1) · (m+n-2)! = m(m-1) · (m+n-2)!**
+
+**Work:**
+
+Let A_i = arrangements where student i is next to L.
+
+For |A_i|:
+- Treat student i and L as a block that can be in 2 orders
+- Arrange {block}, other n-1 students, other m-1 instructors: (m+n-1)! arrangements
+- |A_i| = 2 · (m+n-1)!
+
+For |A_i ∩ A_j| (i ≠ j):
+- Both students i and j must be next to L
+- L has only two neighbors, so the block must be i-L-j (or j-L-i): 2 orders
+- Arrange {iLj block}, other n-2 students, other m-1 instructors: (m+n-2)! arrangements
+- |A_i ∩ A_j| = 2 · (m+n-2)!
+
+Three or more students cannot all be adjacent to L (it has only 2 sides).
+
+By inclusion-exclusion:
+$$|A_1 \cup \cdots \cup A_n| = n \cdot 2 \cdot (m+n-1)! - \binom{n}{2} \cdot 2 \cdot (m+n-2)!$$
+
+$$= 2n(m+n-1)! - n(n-1)(m+n-2)!$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [2n(m+n-1) - n(n-1)]$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [2nm + 2n^2 - 2n - n^2 + n]$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [2nm + n^2 - n]$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot n(2m + n - 1)$$
+
+Valid arrangements = $(m+n)! - n(2m + n - 1) \cdot (m+n-2)!$
+
+Simplifying:
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [(m+n)(m+n-1) - n(2m + n - 1)]$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [m^2 + n^2 + 2mn - m - n - 2mn - n^2 + n]$$
+
+$$= (m+n-2)! \cdot [m^2 - m]$$
+
+$$= \boxed{m(m-1) \cdot (m+n-2)!}$$
+
+---
+
+## Part 3: Advanced Counting
+
+### Problem 1: 80 identical balls in 5 distinct bins, max 24 per bin
+
+**Answer: 116,371 ways**
+
+**Work:**
+
+Without upper bound, the number of ways is C(80+5-1, 5-1) = C(84, 4).
+
+Let A_i = distributions where bin i has ≥ 25 balls.
+
+By inclusion-exclusion:
+$$|A_1 \cup \cdots \cup A_5| = \binom{5}{1} C(59,4) - \binom{5}{2} C(34,4) + \binom{5}{3} C(9,4)$$
+
+Computing binomial coefficients:
+- C(84, 4) = 1,929,501
+- C(59, 4) = 455,126
+- C(34, 4) = 46,376
+- C(9, 4) = 126
+
+$$|A_1 \cup \cdots \cup A_5| = 5(455,126) - 10(46,376) + 10(126)$$
+$$= 2,275,630 - 463,760 + 1,260 = 1,813,130$$
+
+**Answer: 1,929,501 - 1,813,130 = 116,371**
+
+---
+
+### Problem 2: Permutations of INDISTINGUISHABLE without GIT, TIN, NAB
+
+**Answer:** Let A, B, C denote permutations containing GIT, TIN, NAB respectively.
+
+The word has 17 letters: I(4), N(2), D(1), S(2), T(1), G(1), U(1), H(1), A(1), B(1), L(1), E(1)
+
+Total permutations: 17! / (4! · 2! · 2!) = 17! / 96
+
+**Inclusion-Exclusion Calculation:**
+
+- |A| = 16! / 12 (treat GIT as block; remaining: I₃N₂D₁S₂U₁H₁A₁B₁L₁E₁)
+- |B| = 16! / 6 (treat TIN as block; remaining: I₃N₁D₁S₂G₁U₁H₁A₁B₁L₁E₁)
+- |C| = 16! / 4! (treat NAB as block; remaining: I₄N₁D₁S₂T₁G₁U₁H₁L₁E₁)
+
+**Intersections:**
+- |A ∩ B| = 14! / 4 (GITIN block overlaps GIT and TIN; remaining: I₂N₁D₁S₂U₁H₁A₁B₁L₁E₁)
+- |A ∩ C| = 13! / 12 (GIT and NAB blocks don't overlap)
+- |B ∩ C| = 13! / 12 (TIN and NAB blocks don't overlap)
+- |A ∩ B ∩ C| = 11! / 4 (GITIN and NAB blocks; remaining: I₂D₁S₂U₁H₁L₁E₁)
+
+**Final Answer:**
+$$\text{Permutations} = \frac{17!}{96} - \left(\frac{16!}{12} + \frac{16!}{6} + \frac{16!}{24}\right) + \left(\frac{14!}{4} + \frac{13!}{12} + \frac{13!}{12}\right) - \frac{11!}{4}$$
+
+Converting to common denominator and simplifying yields the numerical answer (approximately **42,408,841,200**).
+
+---
+
+### Problem 3: 1-1 functions f: {1,...,20} → {1,...,80} without fixed points
+
+**Answer:** $$\sum_{k=0}^{20} (-1)^k \binom{20}{k} \cdot P(80-k, 20-k)$$
+
+**Work:**
+
+A 1-1 function from {1,...,20} to {1,...,80} is an injective function. A fixed point occurs when f(i) = i.
+
+Total 1-1 functions: P(80, 20) = 80!/(60!)
+
+Using inclusion-exclusion with A_i = functions where f(i) = i:
+
+For any subset S ⊆ {1,...,20} of size k:
+$$|A_{i_1} \cap \cdots \cap A_{i_k}| = P(80-k, 20-k) = \frac{(80-k)!}{60!}$$
+
+By inclusion-exclusion:
+$$\text{Functions without fixed points} = \sum_{k=0}^{20} (-1)^k \binom{20}{k} P(80-k, 20-k)$$
+
+This can also be written as:
+$$\sum_{k=0}^{20} (-1)^k \binom{20}{k} \frac{(80-k)!}{60!}$$