In a shop there are five types of ice-cream available. A child buys six ice-cream.
Statement - 1: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is $${}^{10}{C_5}$$.
Statement - 2: The number of different ways the child can buy the six ice-cream is equal to the number of different ways of arranging 6 A and 4 B's in a row.

How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?

Statement - 1 : $$\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {\left( {r + 1} \right)\,{}^n{C_r} = \left( {n + 2} \right){2^{n - 1}}.} $$
Statement - 2 : $$\sum\limits_{r = 0}^n {\left( {r + 1} \right)\,{}^n{C_r}{x^r} = {{\left( {1 + x} \right)}^n} + nx{{\left( {1 + x} \right)}^{n - 1}}.} $$

The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. the sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is