Dress-up time

A performer has three different outfits. In how many ways can she dress up for seven different performances, such that each outfit is worn at least once?


The answer is 1806.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Nov 18, 2019

Let A j A_j be the set of dressing orders that do not use the j j th dress, for 1 j 3 1 \le j \le 3 . Then A 1 = A 2 = A 3 = 2 7 A 1 A 2 = A 1 A 3 = A 2 A 3 = 1 A 1 A 2 A 3 = 0 \begin{aligned} |A_1| = |A_2| = |A_3| & = \; 2^7 \\ |A_1 \cap A_2| = |A_1 \cap A_3| = |A_2 \cap A_3| & =\; 1 \\ |A_1 \cap A_2 \cap A_3| & = \; 0 \end{aligned} and hence A 1 A 2 A 3 = 3 × 2 7 3 × 1 + 0 |A_1 \cup A_2 \cup A_3| \; = \; 3 \times 2^7 - 3 \times 1 + 0 so that ( A 1 A 2 A 3 ) = 3 7 3 × 2 7 + 3 = 1806 |(A_1 \cup A_2 \cup A_3)'| \; = \; 3^7 - 3\times 2^7 + 3 \; = \; \boxed{1806} using the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle.

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