To get her BA in Statistics, a student at the University of California at Berkel

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To get her BA in Statistics, a student at the University of California at Berkeley must satisfy the following course requirements in the Statistics Department: Statistics 101 and 102, or 134 and 135, plus 133 and three courses chosen from among 150, 151A, 151B, 152, 153, 155, and 156 At least one of the three courses taken from among the 15x series must have a laboratory. The prerequisites and whether a course has a lab are tabulated below Upper division Statistics courses Course Prerequisites Lab 101 none 102 101 133 none 134 none 135 101 or 134yes 150 101 or 134no 151A 102 or 135 yes 151B 102 or 135 yes 152 101 or 134yes 153 101 or 134yes 155 101 or 134no 156 102 or 135 no yes yes yes no Problem 7 How many different ways are there to choose from these twelve courses a set of six courses that satisfies the Statistics degree requirements? (Q7)

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There are 2 ways you can choose from 101 and 102 or 134 and 135

There is 1 way to choose 133

Now out of remaining 7, 4 has lab and out of them 1 is compulsory

There fore 4 ways to do this

Now 6 courses remaining out of which 2 are to be chosen

So 15 possible ways

Total number of possible ways = 15 * 4 * 2 * 1 = 120

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