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(Aptitude) Permutation Combination Made Easy Without Formulas
(Aptitude) Permutation Combination Made Easy Without Formulas
=10 ways.
CASE 2: HANDSHAKES
Handshakes is another type of combination probl em because
Aiyyar shakes hand with Sodhi or Sodhi shakes hand with Aiyyer= both incidents are one and
same. order doesnt matter!
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=same as=
So How many ways can 6 men of Gokuldham society shake hands with each other?
To shake hands, you need two men.
How many ways can you pick up first man? = 6 ways.
How many ways can you pick second man? = 5 men remaining so 5 ways.
Hence answer is 6 x 5=30
But wait, over counting!!
Suppose Sodhi and Aiyyer (SA) are selected for handshaking: =two men.
How many ways can you make two men sit in two chairs?
= 2 x 1 =2 ways. (SA and AS)
Thats the over counting.
So weve to divide this over counting: to get the correct answer.
THE FORMULAS
The books give readymade formulas:
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But essentially theyre derived from above concepts of fundamental counting principle.
Permutation =place them = order matters in placement
Combination= choice = only Yes or No or In or Out
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Open your books right now, solve the sums using both the method shown above as well as the
readymade formulas, to get a good command over this topic.
Remember, You can never learn the aptitude by reading the sums.
Youve to get your hands dirty, and learn from mistakes so start solving them on paper by
yourself.
To be continued