Permutation and

Combination
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Combination: Selections
 Number of ways of selecting ‘r’ objects out of ‘n’ available
distinct object

EXAMPLE:

In how many ways 2 boys can be selected out of a group of 4 boys.

Relation between Permutation and
Combination
 Properties of nCr
1 nC =1
0

nC =n
2 1

nC =1
3 n

nC = nCn-r
4 r
Example In how many ways can a team of 4 boys and 4 girls be selected out of
6 boys and 5 girls.
Example In how many ways can a team of 4 boys and 4 girls be selected out of
6 boys and 5 girls if a particular boy and a particular girl refuse to
work together.
 A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to
Example
be selected from this club including the selection of a captain (from among
these 4 members) for the team. If the team has to include at most one boy,
then the number of ways of selecting the team is
(JEE Adv. 2016)
A. 380 B. 320 C. 260 D. 95
Example A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how
many ways can three balls be drawn from the box if at least one
black ball is to be included in the draw?
Geometry Based Questions
Example Lines L1 and L2 are parallel to each other. 3 points are taken on L1
and 4 points are taken on L2. How many New Straight Lines can be
drawn passing through these points.
Example Count the number of rectangles in a chess board.

A. B. C. D. none
Example Count the number of squares in a chess board.

A. B. C. D. none
 Let n ≥ 2 be an integer. Take n distinct points on a circle and join each
Example
pair of points by a line segment. Colour the line segment joining every
pair of adjacent points by blue and the rest by red. If the number of red
and blue line segments are equal, then the value of n is
(JEE Adv. 2014)
 The side AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5 interior points
Example
respectively on them. The number of triangles that can be constructed
using these interior points as vertices is
Example Find the maximum number of intersection points obtained by 3 circles,
4 straight lines.
(No figures overlap)
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