JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held on 7 May 2012)

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    If the number of 5-element subsets of the set\[A=\{{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}},....,{{a}_{20}}\}\] of 20 distinct elements is k times the number of 5-element subsets containing\[{{a}_{4}},\]then k is   JEE Main Online Paper (Held On 07 May 2012)

    A) 5                                             

    B)                        \[\frac{20}{7}\]

    C)                         4            

    D)                        \[\frac{10}{3}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    Set\[A=\{{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}},.....,{{a}_{20}}\}\]has 20 distinct elements We have to select 5-element subset. \[\therefore \]Number of 5-element subsets \[{{=}^{20}}{{C}_{5}}\] According to question\[^{20}{{C}_{5}}=\left( ^{19}{{C}_{4}} \right)k\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{20!}{5!15!}=k.\left( \frac{19!}{4!15!} \right)\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{20}{5}=k\Rightarrow k=4\]                


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