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The set S is defined as {1, -2, -3, 8, 21, 30, -22, -5, 6, -

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:58 pm

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The set S is defined as {1, -2, -3, 8, 21, 30, -22, -5, 6, -11}. The chi of set is defined as the product of any 3 elements of the given set S. How many values of chi are possible such that chi is at least 7?

A. 50
B. 59
C. 60
D. 61
E. 120

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by Ian Stewart » Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:38 am
The wording doesn't make sense, because they're saying chi is "defined" in a certain way, and chi is not well-defined. What is the chi of this set? Who knows, there are dozens of possible values.

Anyway, if we need a value greater than 7, we certainly need the value to be positive. The set contains 5 positive and 5 negative numbers. If we'll pick three of them, and the product will be positive, we must either pick 3 positive numbers, or 1 positive and 2 negative numbers. We can pick 3 positive numbers in 5C3 = (5)(4)/2! = 10 ways. We can pick one positive and two negatives in 5C1*5C2 ways, or (5)*(5)(4)(3)/3! = 50 ways. So in total, there are 10+50 = 60 ways to get a positive product. We then need to rule out any positive products that will be less than 7, but we only get a positive product less than 7 if we choose specifically the values 1, -2 and -3, so in only one way, leaving 59 positive products greater than 7. There is one last thing to check - that you can't get equal values of the product in two different ways - but glancing at the set, that doesn't appear to be possible.
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by swerve » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:30 pm
We have that

\( \begin{cases}
+\text{ve integers} = 5 \\
-\text{ve integers} = 5
\end{cases}
\Rightarrow 10 \text{ integers}\)

Tota chi possible number i.e product of 3; \(10c3 = 120\)

Now, cases where the number is not \(\leq 7\)

\( \begin{cases}
\text{all -ve integers} = 5c3 = 10 \\
2\text{ +ve and } 1 \text{ -ve}; 5c2\cdot 5c1; 10\cdot 5 = 50\\
1\text{ +ve and } 2 \text{ -ve}; (1, -2, -3); \text{only } 1 \text{ case} = 1
\end{cases}\)

Total number of integers \(\leq 7 = 10 + 50 + 1 = 61\)

So, chi is not \(\geq 7 \,\Rightarrow\,120-61=59\,\Rightarrow\) __B__.
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