DJ Kenisha is making a playlist for a radio show; she is trying to decide what 6 songs to play and in what order they should be played. If she has her choices narrowed down to 5 reggae, 15 hip-hop, and 13 blues songs, and she wants to play an equal number of reggae, hip-hop, and blues songs, how many different playlists are possible? Express your answer in scientific notation rounding to the hundredths place.

different playlists are possible

Step-by-step explanation:

The order in which the songs are played is not important, which means that the combinations formula is used to solve this question.

Combinations formula:

is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

In this question:

6 songs, so 2 reggae(from a set of 5), 2 hip hop(from a set of 15) and 2 blues(from a set of 13). So

In scientific notations:

4 digits after the first, which is 8, so:

different playlists are possible

take it another

let's add {f(x)=x+1}f(x)=x+1 and {g(x)=2x}g(x)=2x together to make a new function.

f(x)+g(x) =(x+1)+(2x)=x+1+2x=3x+1

let's call this new function hh. so we have:

{h(x)}={f(x)}+{g(x)}{=3x+1}h(x)=f(x)+g(x)=3x+1

we can also evaluate combined functions for particular inputs. let's evaluate function hh above for x=2x=2. below are two ways of doing this.

method 1: substitute x=2x=2 into the combined function hh.

h(x)

h(2)

​    

=3x+1

=3(2)+1

=7

​ since h(x)=f(x)+g(x)h(x)=f(x)+g(x), we can also find h(2)h(2) by finding f(2) +g(2)f(2)+g(2).

first, let's find f(2)f(2):

f(x)

f(2)

​    

=x+1

=2+1

=3

​  

now, let's find g(2)g(2):

g(x)

g(2)

​    

=2x

=2⋅2

=4

​  

so f(2)+g(2)=3+4=\greend7f(2)+g(2)=3+4=7.

notice that substituting x =2x=2 directly into function hh and finding f(2) + g(2)f(2)+g(2) gave us the same answer!