Question:

There are ten boys B1, B2, …, B10 and five girls G1, G2,…, G5 in a class. Then the number of ways of forming a group consisting of three boys and three girls, if both B1 and B2 together should not be the members of a group, is ________

Updated On: Mar 2, 2024
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Correct Answer: 1120

Solution and Explanation

The correct answer is 1120
Required number of ways = Total ways of selection – ways in which B1 and B2 are present together.
\(=^{10}C_3⋅^5C_3−^8C_1⋅^5C_3\)
=10(120−8)
= 1120

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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.