JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Probability Question Bank Use of permutations and combinations in probability

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    Among 15 players, 8 are batsmen and 7 are bowlers. Find the probability that a team is chosen of 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers                                                                          [UPSEAT 2002]

    A)            \[\frac{{}^{8}{{C}_{6}}\times {}^{7}{{C}_{5}}}{{}^{15}{{C}_{11}}}\]            

    B)            \[\frac{^{8}{{C}_{6}}{{+}^{7}}{{C}_{5}}}{^{15}{{C}_{11}}}\]

    C)            \[\frac{15}{28}\]                     

    D)            None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       Total number of ways \[={{\,}^{15}}{{C}_{11}}\]                    Favourable cases \[={{\,}^{8}}{{C}_{6}}\]\[\times {{\,}^{7}}{{C}_{5}}\]                    Required probability \[=\frac{^{8}{{C}_{6}}\times {{\,}^{7}}{{C}_{5}}}{^{15}{{C}_{11}}}.\]


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