Permutation and Combination

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1. Jay wants to buy a total of 100 plants using exactly a sum of Rs. 1000. He can buy Rose plants at Rs. 20 per plant or marigold or Sun flower plants at Rs. 5 and Rs. 1 per plant respectively. If he has to buy at least one of each plant and cannot buy any or type of plants, n in how many distinct ways can Jay make his purchase?


2. There are 6 equally spaced points A, B, C, D, E and F marked on a circle with radius R. How many convex pentagons of distinctly different areas can be drawn using se points as vertices?


3. A college has 10 basketball players. A 5 member's team and a captain will be selected out of se 10 players. How many different selections can be made?


4. In how many ways can 10 examination papers be arranged so that best and worst papers never come toger?


5. There are three prizes to be distributed among five students. If no students gets more than one prize, n this can be done in:


6. How many different five-letter words can be formed using letter from world APPLE?


7. In how many different ways can letters of word 'OPTICAL' be arranged so that vowels always come toger?


8. There are 10 points in a plane out of which 4 are collinear. Find number of triangles formed by points as vertices.


9. A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are standing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can students be arranged?


10. In how many different ways can letters of word ABSENTEE be arranged?


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Permutation and Combination

Jay wants to buy a total of 100 plants using exactly a sum of Rs. 1000. He can buy Rose plants at Rs. 20 per plant or marigold or Sun flower plants at Rs. 5 and Rs. 1 per plant respectively. If he has to buy at least one of each plant and cannot buy any or type of plants, n in how many distinct ways can Jay make his purchase?

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There are 6 equally spaced points A, B, C, D, E and F marked on a circle with radius R. How many convex pentagons of distinctly different areas can be drawn using se points as vertices?

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A college has 10 basketball players. A 5 member's team and a captain will be selected out of se 10 players. How many different selections can be made?

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In how many ways can 10 examination papers be arranged so that best and worst papers never come toger?

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There are three prizes to be distributed among five students. If no students gets more than one prize, n this can be done in:

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How many different five-letter words can be formed using letter from world APPLE?

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In how many different ways can letters of word 'OPTICAL' be arranged so that vowels always come toger?

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There are 10 points in a plane out of which 4 are collinear. Find number of triangles formed by points as vertices.

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A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are standing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can students be arranged?

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In how many different ways can letters of word ABSENTEE be arranged?

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