BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    The number of onto mappings from the set A\[A=\{1,2,......,100\}\]to set \[B=\{1,2\}\]is:

    A) \[{{2}^{100}}-2\]              

    B)         \[{{2}^{100}}\]                 

    C)  \[{{2}^{99}}-2\]               

    D)         \[{{2}^{99}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    If A and B are two sets having m and n elements respectively such that \[1\le n\le m,\]then number of onto mappings from A to B \[=\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{(-1)}^{n-r}}}{{\,}^{n}}{{C}_{r}}{{r}^{m}}\]                 Here, \[m=100,n=2\] \[\therefore \] The number of onto mappings from A to B                                 \[=\sum\limits_{r=1}^{2}{{{(-1)}^{2-r}}}{{\,}^{2}}{{C}_{r}}{{r}^{100}}\]                                 \[={{(-1)}^{2-1}}.\,{{\,}^{2}}{{C}_{1}}{{.1}^{100}}+{{(-1)}^{2-2}}.{{\,}^{2}}{{C}_{2}}{{.2}^{100}}\]                                 \[=-2+{{2}^{100}}={{2}^{100}}=2.\] Note: If set A has m elements and set B has n elements, then number of into functions from A to B is \[{{n}^{m}}.\]


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