CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2002

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    The number of ways in which a committee of 6 members can be formed from 8 gentlemen and 4 ladies so that the committee contains at least 3 ladies, is:

    A)  252                                       

    B)                         672

    C)                         444                                       

    D)                         420

    E)                         250

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Total number of ways \[{{=}^{8}}{{C}_{3}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{3}}{{+}^{8}}{{C}_{2}}{{\times }^{4}}{{C}_{4}}\] \[=\frac{8!}{3!5!}\times \frac{4!}{3!1!}+\frac{8!}{2!6!}\times 1\] \[=56\times 4+28=224+28=252\]


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