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The number of ways of selecting two numbers $a$ and $b, a \in\{2,4,6, \ldots , 100\}$ and $b \in\{1,3,5, \ldots , 99\}$ such that 2 is the remainder when $a+b$ is divided by 23 is

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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

\(a∈{2,4,6,8,10,….,100} \)
\(b∈{1,3,5,7,9,……,99} \)
Now, \(a+b∈{25,71,117,163}\) 

(i) \(a+b=25\), no. of ordered pairs \((a, b)\) is \(12\) 
(ii) \(a+b=71\), no. of ordered pairs \((a, b)\) is \(35\) 
(iii) \(a+b=117\), no. of ordered pairs \((a, b)\) is \(42\) 
(iv) \(a+b=163\), no. of ordered pairs \((a, b)\) is \(19\) 

\(∴ total =108 \;pairs\)

\(\text{Therefore, the correct option is (B):} 108\)

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Concepts Used:

Sets

Set is the collection of well defined objects. Sets are represented by capital letters, eg. A={}. Sets are composed of elements which could be numbers, letters, shapes, etc.

Example of set: Set of vowels A={a,e,i,o,u}

Representation of Sets

There are three basic notation or representation of sets are as follows:

Statement Form: The statement representation describes a statement to show what are the elements of a set.

  • For example, Set A is the list of the first five odd numbers.

Roster Form: The form in which elements are listed in set. Elements in the set is seperatrd by comma and enclosed within the curly braces.

  • For example represent the set of vowels in roster form.

A={a,e,i,o,u}

Set Builder Form: 

  1. The set builder representation has a certain rule or a statement that specifically describes the common feature of all the elements of a set.
  2. The set builder form uses a vertical bar in its representation, with a text describing the character of the elements of the set.
  3. For example, A = { k | k is an even number, k ≤ 20}. The statement says, all the elements of set A are even numbers that are less than or equal to 20.
  4. Sometimes a ":" is used in the place of the "|".