How to set up an equation to solve for x?

In the following situation, determine whether you are asked to determine the number of permutations or combinations. then do the calculation how many ways are there to pick a starting five from a basketball team of twelve members? a. permutation; ps - 2520 b. combination; 1c, - 792 c. combination: 2cs - 2520 d. permutation; ps - 95040

Abird on top of a 200 ft bridge tower sees a man standing on the lower part of the bridge (which is 50 ft above the ground). the angle of depression from the bird is 26 ̊. how far is the man from the base of the bridge tower? with explanation and pictures .

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?