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Question 1 - Question: From a class of 32 students, 4 are to be chosen for a competition. In how many ways can this be done? Answer: We are to select 4 students from 32. This selection can done ..

From a class of 32 students, 4 are to be chosen for a competition. In how many ways can this be don..

1. Three boys and three girls are to be seated around a table in a circle. Among them, the boy X does not want any girl as neighbour and girl Y does not want any boy as neighbour. How many such arrangements are possibl..

Question: A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions, which are divided into two groups, each containing 5 questions, and he is not permitted to attempt more than 4 from each group. In how many ways can he make his choice? Answer: ..

Question: How many three letter words (with or without meaning) can be formed out of the letters of the word LOGARITHMS if repetition of letters is not allowed? Answer: Number of letters in the word LOGARITHMS is 10. The three letter words formed by using these letters will be..

Question: A sportsteam of 11 students is to be constituted choosing at least 5 from class XI and 5 at least from XII. If there are 20 students in each of these classes, in how many ways can the team be constituted? Answer: Number of students in each class is 20. Total numbe..

Question: A boy has 3 library tickets and 8 books of his interest in the library. Of these 8, he does not want to borrow Chemistry Part II, unless Part I is also borrowed. In how many ways can he choose the three books to be borrowed? Answer: There are two ways of selecting 3 ..

Question: How many six digits telephone numbers can be made if each number starts with 45 and no digit appears more than once? Answer: The first two places are reserved for 4 and 5. The remaining 8 digits can be arranged in P(8,4) = 8.7.6.5 = 1680 way..

Question: From a class of 12 boys and 10 girls, 10 students are to be chosen for a competition, including atleast 4 boys and 4 girls. 2 girls who won prizes last year should be included. In how many ways the selection can be made? Answer: There are 12 boys and 10 girls in the ..

Question: A lady wants to select one cotton saree and one polyster saree from a collection of 8 cotton sarees and 11 polyster sarees. In how many ways can the lady choose the two sarees? Answer: Here, there are two events E 1 and E 2 . E 1 = Selection of one cotton saree fro..