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A student is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions divided into two groups each containing 5 questions. He is not permitted to attempt more than 4 from each group. In how many ways can he make the choice?

A. 210

B. 150

C. 100

D. 200

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Number of ways of choosing 6 from 10 = 10C6 = 210
Number of ways of attempting more than 4 from a group,
= 2 × 5C5 × 5C1
= 10
Required number of ways
= 210 - 10
= 200

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Comments ( 2 )

  1. Aisha Muhammad
    Aisha Muhammad :
    6 years ago

    Find the probability that a letter chosen at random from the alphabet "Education " is either a vowel or one of the later

  2. Dinesh Sonachalam
    Dinesh Sonachalam :
    7 years ago

    Here the student has to choose 6 questions from 10
    Here there are 2 sections contains 5 from each section.
    Student are not allowed to attend more than 4 questions from each sections
    Here are the following possible way of taking questions from each sections
    5C4 * 5C2 = 50
    5C3 * 5C3 = 100
    5C2 * 5C4 = 50
    Summing up we get 200 as the possible choice we can make

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