JEE Main 2003 — Permutation Combination Question with Solution
JEE Main 2003
Question
A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose at least 4 from the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is
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Correct answer
C196
Step-by-step explanation
As for given question two cases are possible.
(i) Selecting 4 out of first five question and 6 out of remaining 8 question choices.
(ii) Selecting 5 out of first five question and 5 out of remaining 8 questions choices.
Therefore, total number of choices .
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