Exams Joint Entrance Examination Mathematics Permutations and Combinations Question 25 Question 25 of 278 Medium MCQ
Group A consists of 7 boys and 3 girls, while group B consists of 6 boys and 5 girls. The number of ways, 4 boys and 4 girls can be invited for a picnic if 5 of them must be from group A A A and the remaining 3 from group B B B , is equal to :
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\[\[\begin{gathered} \text { C-I } \quad (3 \mathrm{G} \\quad 2 \mathrm{~B}) \\quad (1 \mathrm{G} \\quad 2 \mathrm{~B}) \\ \text { C-II } \quad (2 \mathrm{G} \\quad 3 \mathrm{~B}) \\quad (2 \mathrm{G} \\quad 1 \mathrm{~B}) \\ \text { C-III } \quad (1 \mathrm{G} \\quad 4 \mathrm{~B}) \\quad (3 \mathrm{G} \\quad 0 \mathrm{~B}) \end{gathered}\]\]
\[ Total = C-I + C-II + C-III = 7 C 2 ⋅ 3 C 3 ⋅ 6 C 2 ⋅ 5 C 1 + 7 C 3 ⋅ 3 C 2 ⋅ 6 C 1 5 C 2 + 7 C 4 ⋅ 3 C 1 ⋅ 6 C 0 ⋅ 5 C 3 = 8925 \begin{aligned}
& \text { Total }=\text { C-I }+ \text { C-II }+ \text { C-III } \\
& ={ }^7 \mathrm{C}_2 \cdot{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_3 \cdot{ }^6 \mathrm{C}_2 \cdot{ }^5 \mathrm{C}_1+{ }^7 \mathrm{C}_3 \cdot{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_2 \cdot{ }^6 \mathrm{C}_1{ }^5 \mathrm{C}_2+{ }^7 \mathrm{C}_4 \cdot{ }^3 \mathrm{C}_1 \cdot{ }^6 \mathrm{C}_0 \cdot{ }^5 \mathrm{C}_3 \\
& =8925
\end{aligned} Total = C-I + C-II + C-III = 7 C 2 ⋅ 3 C 3 ⋅ 6 C 2 ⋅ 5 C 1 + 7 C 3 ⋅ 3 C 2 ⋅ 6 C 1 5 C 2 + 7 C 4 ⋅ 3 C 1 ⋅ 6 C 0 ⋅ 5 C 3 = 8925 \] Answer the question to unlock