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Six boys and six girls sit along a line alternatively in $x$ ways and along a circle (again alternately in $y$ ways), then

Updated On: Jul 7, 2022
  • $x = y$
  • $y = 12x$
  • $x = 10y$
  • $x = 12y$
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

Clearly $x =6!\times6!+6!\times6!=2\left(6 !\right)^{2}$ $y=5!\times6!$ $\therefore \frac{x}{y}=\frac{2\left(6!\right)^{2}}{5!\,6!}=\frac{2\left(6 !\right)}{5 !}=\frac{2\times6\left(5!\right)}{5!}=\frac{12}{1}$ $\therefore x=12 \,y$
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Concepts Used:

Permutations and Combinations

Permutation:

Permutation is the method or the act of arranging members of a set into an order or a sequence. 

  • In the process of rearranging the numbers, subsets of sets are created to determine all possible arrangement sequences of a single data point. 
  • A permutation is used in many events of daily life. It is used for a list of data where the data order matters.

Combination:

Combination is the method of forming subsets by selecting data from a larger set in a way that the selection order does not matter.

  • Combination refers to the combination of about n things taken k at a time without any repetition.
  • The combination is used for a group of data where the order of data does not matter.