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9966 [12]
2 years ago
10

A researcher plans to identify each participant in a certain medical experiment with a code consisting of either a single letter

or a pair of distinct letters written in alphabetical order. What is the least number of letters that can be used if there are 12 participants, and each participant is to receive a different code?
Computers and Technology
1 answer:
trapecia [35]2 years ago
5 0

Answer:

5 Letters

Explanation:

So we need 12 distinct codes made of a single letter or a pair of letters.

What would be the least number of letters?

Lets try with 3 letters A, B and C

The possible combinations are: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC

These are 6 codes and we need 12 so lets try more A, B, C and D

The possible combinations are: A, B, C, D, AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD

These are 10 codes and we need 12 so lets try more A, B, C, D and E

The possible combinations are:

A, B, C, D, E, AB, AC, AD, AE, BC, BD, BE, CD, CE, DE

Finally we got 15 distinct codes which are more than 12 so the least number of letters needed are 5.

Using formula:

Four letters = 4C1 + 4C2 = 4 + 6 = 10

Five letters = 5C1 + 5C2 = 5 + 10 = 15

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