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Let S be the set of 3 X 3 binary matrices with pairwise distinct rows. What is the number of elements in S?

Note
1. Binary matrix is matrix with entries 0 and 1 only.
2. Pairwise distinct: Any two rows are distinct.


The answer is 336.

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2 solutions

Prakhar Gupta
Mar 31, 2014

First of all we have to look at how many ways are there to form a row. We know that in a row there are 3 3 elements and each element can be filled in 2 2 ways.

Number of ways of forming a row = 2 3 = 8 2^3=8 ways.

Of the 8 8 rows we have to select 3 rows and the three rows can be arranged in 3 ! 3! ways. Hence, total number of elements in S are ( 8 3 ) 3 ! \dbinom{8}{3}3! = 336 336

Pramath Anamby
Mar 22, 2014

Let A be any binary matrix. Fix the first row in A ( say 1 0 0 ). We choose second row such that it is distinct from first row. It can be done in 2 3 1 2^{3}-1 ways (except 1 0 0 ). Now fix any such second row ( say 1 0 1). We choose third row such that it is distinct from both the first and the second one. So there are 2 3 2 2^{3}-2 ways (except 1 0 0 and 1 0 1). Now we can choose the first row itself in 2 3 2^{3} ways. So there are totally * 8 × 7 × 6 8 \times 7 \times 6 = * 336 ways

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