Higher November 2020 Paper 1 Q20
20. Alys has 10 different-coloured tokens.
Each day, she chooses 3 of her tokens at random and places them in a row on her desk.
(a) Find the number of different ways in which this can be done. [2]
(b) One of her tokens is pink and another is green.
Find the number of arrangements where the middle token is pink or green. [2]
Find the number of arrangements where the middle token is pink or green. [2]
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 720 | B2 | B1 for 10 × 9 × 8 oe |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 144 | B2 | B1 for 9 × 2 × 8 oe or ‘their 720’ ÷ 5 oe |
| (4) |