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JEE • MATHEMATICS • COMBINATIONS
Combinations practice · Easy
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There are four balls of different colours and four boxes of colours same as those of the balls. The number of ways in which the balls, one in each box, could be placed such that a ball does not go to box of its own colour, is
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Correct option: C
9
Option C (9) is correct because it represents the number of derangements of 4 items, which can be calculated using the formula or by listing out the possibilities.
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If then the value of is equal to
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Correct option: C
2
Option C (2) is correct because solving the permutation and combination equations yields r = 2.
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The number of ways can a team of six horses be selected out of a stud of 16 , so that there shall always be three out of but never or together, is
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Correct option: C
960
Option C (960) is correct because it calculates the number of ways to select the team of horses with the given constraints, considering the combinations of the special horses A, B, C, D, E, F and the remaining horses.
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If is a convex quadrilateral with and 6 points, marked on sides and respectively, then the number of triangles with vertices on different sides, is
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Correct option: D
342
Option D (342) is correct because it sums the number of triangles formed by choosing one vertex from each of the three sides in all possible combinations.
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If and , then is equal to
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Correct option: B
576
Option B (576) is correct because solving the permutation and combination equations leads to n=8 and r=4, and substituting these values into 69n + r! gives 576.
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is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the summation of binomial coefficients can be simplified using the identity .
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Ramesh has 6 friends. In how many ways can he invite one or more of them at a dinner?
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Correct option: C
63
Option C (63) is correct because it represents the total number of non-empty subsets of a set with 6 elements, which is .
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A question paper is divided into two parts and and each part contain 5 questions. The number of ways in which a candidate can answer 6 questions selecting at least two questions from each part is
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Correct option: C
200
Option C (200) is correct because it sums the number of ways to select 6 questions with at least 2 from each (2 from A, 4 from B), (3 from A, 3 from B), and (4 from A, 2 from B).
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Total number of ways of selecting five letters from letters of the word INDEPENDENT is
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Correct option: A
72
Option A (72) is correct because it accounts for all possible combinations of selecting five letters from the word INDEPENDENT, considering repeated letters.
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The total number of proper divisors of 38808 is
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Correct option: B
70
Option B (70) is correct because it calculates the total number of divisors and subtracts 1 for the number itself to find the proper divisors.
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If is even and then,
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the binomial coefficients are maximized when is closest to , and since is even, gives the maximum value.
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Sum of all the odd divisors of 720 is
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Correct option: B
78
Option B (78) is correct because the sum of odd divisors is calculated by considering the powers of odd prime factors in the prime factorization of 720.
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The number of ways of distributing 8 identical balls in 3 distinct boxes, so that none of the boxes is empty, is
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Correct option: B
21
Option B (21) is correct because it represents the number of ways to distribute 8 identical balls into 3 distinct boxes such that no box is empty, which is calculated using the formula .
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A rectangle with sides and divided into squere of unit length. The number of rectangle which can be formed with sides of odd length is
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is A () because it represents the total number of rectangles with odd length sides that can be formed within the given rectangle.
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In a conference of 8 persons, if each person shake hand with the other one only, then the total number of shake hands shall be
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Correct option: D
28
Option D (28) is correct because the total number of handshakes is calculated using combinations, specifically , which equals 28.
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If equals
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Correct option: C
Option C (n{a_n}) is correct because by using the property of combinations and summing the series in reverse, we can find the required sum.
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The number of ways in which a committee can be formed of 5 members from 6 men and 4 women if the committee has at least one woman, is
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Correct option: B
246
Option B (246) is correct because it represents the total number of ways to form the committee with at least one woman, calculated by considering all possible combinations of men and women.
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The value of is equal to :
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Correct option: D
680
Option D (680) is correct because after simplifying the summation expression and applying the formulas for the sum of first n natural numbers and the sum of squares of first n natural numbers, the result is 680.
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The sides of a triangle have 3,4 and 5 interior points respectively on them. The total number of triangles that can be constructed by using these points as vertices is
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Correct option: C
205
Option C (205) is correct because it calculates the total number of triangles formed by subtracting the number of collinear point combinations from the total possible combinations.
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There is a set of parallel lines intersecting a set of another parallel lines in a plane. The number of parallelograms formed, is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because to form a parallelogram, we need to choose 2 lines from the set of m parallel lines and 2 lines from the set of n parallel lines.
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The value of is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the summation can be simplified using the properties of combinations and then evaluated.
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If in a regular polygon the number of diagonals is 54 , then the number of sides of this polygon is
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Correct option: A
12
Option A (12) is correct because solving the equation for the number of diagonals in a polygon yields n=12.
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If , then satisfies the equation :
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because solving the given equation for n yields n=9, which satisfies the equation .
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The number of ways of selecting two numbers a and and such that 2 is the remainder when is divided by 23 is
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Correct option: A
108
Option A (108) is correct because by considering the possible values of in the equation , and counting the number of pairs (a, b) that satisfy the conditions, the total number of ways is 108.
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The number of ways in which a committee of 3 women and 4 men be chosen from 8 women and 7 men if Mr. refuses to serve on the committee if . is a member of the committee is
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Correct option: D
1400
Option D (1400) is correct because it considers the cases where Mr. Y is on the committee and Mr. X is not, and the case where Mr. Y is not on the committee.
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If and are odd natural numbers such that , the number of values of the ordered quadruplet is
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Correct option: A
165
Option A (165) is correct because it calculates the number of ordered quadruplets of odd natural numbers that sum to 20.
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