Combinations

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Combinations: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Permutations and Combinations, Fundamental Principles of Counting (FPC), Exponent of Prime Number in a Factorial & Understanding of Combination of n Objects Taken r at a Time and its Existence etc.

Important Questions on Combinations

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A committee of 6 teachers is to be formed out of 5 History teachers, 6 English teachers and 4 Economics teachers. In how many ways can the committee be formed if -

How many teacher can be included in the committee?
If 6 teachers have to selected out of 15

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A committee of 6 teachers is to be formed out of 5 History teachers, 6 English teachers and 4 Economics teachers. In how many ways can the committee be formed if -
2 teachers from each stream are to be included.
(1)number of teachers in class A is 6
(2) Number of teacher in class B is 5
(3)Number of teacher in class C is 4

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A committee of 6 teachers is to be formed out of 5 History teachers, 6 English teachers and 4 Economics teachers. In how many ways can the committee be formed if -

At least 1 teacher from History stream is to be included?

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A committee of 6 teachers is to be formed out of 5 History teachers, 6 English teachers and 4 Economics teachers. In how many ways can the committee be formed if -

If 6 teachers has to be selected out of 11 teachers the number of ways to select?

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If Prn=66  and Crn=11  find the vaue of 'r'

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There are 12 players in a stadium for a match in how many ways the first two prizes may be won?

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There are 5 letter E,F,G,H,I and it must be arrange in order that G always comes before H and after F. In how many ways it can be done?

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There are two types of rooms available in a hotel-one single and one double. In how many ways 5 persons can accomodate in these rooms?

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How many number can be formed from the digit 1,2,3 with no rejection ?

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In an entrance examination a candidate is required to answer 5 multiple choice question in which he answer all in correctly. In how many ways it can be done?

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The floor is to be pared with triangular tiles. In how many ways i can be done if the vertices of the bottom are at a distance of 10 points and 5 points lies within the lines.

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A group of 5 members must be selected from 3 man and 5 women such that the group must not involve more than 2 men. In how many ways its can be done?

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Statement 1: If a polygon has total 66 diagonals, then the total number of its sides are 12.

Statement 2: The total number of ways of selecting 2 points out of n non-collinear points is C2n.

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The value of the expression Cr+1n+Cr-1n+2 Crn is, where Crn is the number of selection of r things out of n things

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In how many different ways can the letters of the word DESIGN be arranged so that the vowels are at the two ends?

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In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, a team consisting of four children is formed such that the team has atleast one boy. The number of ways of forming a team like this is

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A password is set with 3 distinct letters from the word LOGARITHMS. How many such passwords can be formed?

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Ten different letters of an alphabet are given. Words with five letters are formed from these given letters. Then the number of words which have at least one letter repeated, is

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4 buses runs between Bhopal and Gwalior. If a man goes from Gwalior to Bhopal by a bus and comes back to Gwalior by another bus, then the total possible ways are (bus can't take same path)

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The number of diagonals of a polygon with 15 sides is