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JEE Main 2022Permutation Combination Question with Solution

JEE Main 2022 (26 Jun Shift 1)

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 _____.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 1120
Correct answer
1120

Step-by-step explanation

Given, total number of boys is 10 and total number of girls is 5

So total number of selections =C310·C35=1200

No. of selections in which B1 & B2 both are there in group =C18·C35=80

Required no. of selections =1200-80=1120

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