Combinations

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Combinations: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Combination, Combinatorics Problems on Polygon, 'n' Alike and 'p' Distinct & Understanding of nCr and its Existence etc.

Important Questions on Combinations

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If 15C3r=15Cr+3, then the value of r is

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If  20Cr+2=20C2r-3, find 12Cr.

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An examination paper consists of 12 questions divided into parts A & B. Part-A contains 7 questions & Part-B contains 5 questions. A candidate is required to attempt 8 questions selecting 3 at least from each part. In how many maximum ways can the candidate select the questions?

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The total number of paths from the origin to the point 9,9 in the cartesian plane which never pass through 5,5, where paths consisting only of steps going 1 unit North or 1 unit East, is

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Let   T n  denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the vertices of a regular polygon of  n sides. If  Tn+1Tn=21 , then  n equals

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A student is allowed to select at most n books from  collection of   ( 2n+1 ) books. If  the total number of ways in which he can select at least one books is 63, find the value of n

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The number of positive divisors of 10! are

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Some couples participated in a mixed doubles badminton tournament. If the number of matches played, so that no couple played in a match, is 840, then the total numbers of persons, who participated in the tournament, is ________.

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if the coefficients of three consecutive terms in the expansion of 1+xn are the ratio 1 : 5 :20 then the coefficient of the fourth term is 

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Let the number of elements in sets A and B be five and two respectively. Then the number of subsets of A×B each having  at least 3 and at most 6 elements is

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If C32n:C3n=10:1, then the ratio n2+3n:n2-3n+4 is

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If we have a ATM pin of 4 digit.The sum of first two digit is equal to the sum of last two digits and the greatest integer used is 7, then number of trials used to get the pin if all digits are different

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If the coefficient of three consecutive terms in the expansion of 1+xn are in the ratio 1:5:20, then the coefficient of the forth term of the expansion is:

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Find all the 4 letter words with 2 vowels and 2 consonants from the word UNIVERSE.

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If C32n:C3n=10 then n2+3nn2-3n+4 is equal to 

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There are 12 courses available in which 5 courses are of languages. Find the number of ways to select 5 courses so, that atmost 2 languages courses are there. 

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Number of ways in which 10 different toys can be distributed among two brothers in ratio 2:3 is

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Out of 6 books, in how many ways can a set of one or more books be chosen

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n and r integers such that 1rn, then nCr-1n-1 is

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If C2n,3:Cn,2=12:1, then n is