JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Online Paper (Held on 9 April 2013)

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                    A committee of 4 persons is to formed from 2ladies, 2 old men and 4 young men such that it includes at least 1 lady, at lest 1 old man and at most 2 young men. Then the total number of ways in which this committee can be formed is:                   JEE Main Online Paper (Held On 09 April 2013)

    A)                 40                

    B)                 41                

    C)                 16                

    D)                 32

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Ladies = 2, old men = 2, young men = 4                 Case I 1 lady, 1 old man, 2 young man                 \[{{=}^{2}}{{C}_{2}}{{\cdot }^{2}}{{C}_{1}}{{\cdot }^{4}}{{C}_{2}}=2\cdot 2\cdot 6=24\]                 Case II 2 ladies, 1 old man, 1 young man                 \[{{=}^{2}}{{C}_{2}}{{\cdot }^{2}}{{C}_{1}}{{\cdot }^{4}}{{C}_{2}}=1\cdot 2\cdot 4=8\]                 Case III 1 lady, 2 old man, 1 young man                 \[{{=}^{2}}{{C}_{1}}{{\cdot }^{2}}{{C}_{2}}{{\cdot }^{4}}{{C}_{1}}=2\cdot 1\cdot 4=8\]                 Case IV 2 lady, 2 old man, 0 young man                 \[{{=}^{2}}{{C}_{2}}{{\cdot }^{2}}{{C}_{1}}{{\cdot }^{4}}{{C}_{0}}=1\cdot 1\cdot 1=1\] \[\therefore \]  Required noise of ways \[=24+8+8+1=41\]                


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