JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA Jamia Millia Islamia Solved Paper-2010

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        The number of ways in which we can select four numbers from 1 to 30 so as to exclude every selection of four consecutive numbers is

    A)  27378                                  

    B)  27405

    C)  27399                                  

    D)  None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    The number of ways of selecting any four numbers from 1 to 30 is\[^{30}{{C}_{4}}\]. Four consecutive numbers can be chosen in the following ways.  \[(1,2,\text{ }3,\text{ }4);\text{ (}2,\text{ }3,\text{ }4,\text{ }5);\text{ (}3,\text{ }4,\text{ }5;\text{ }6);\]\[...\text{ }(27,28,29,30)\]ie, the number of ways of selecting four consecutive numbers is 27. Thus required number of ways  \[{{=}^{30}}{{C}_{4}}-27=\frac{30.29.28.27}{4.3.2.1}-27\]\[=27405-27=27378\]


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