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Permutations and Combinations · Question 4

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Two players A and B play a series of games of badminton. The player, who wins 5 games first, wins the series. Assuming that no game ends in a draw, the number of ways, in which player A wins the series is .

Answer

126

Solution

If A wins the series and B wins k games (k=0, 1, 2, 3, 4), the series has 5+k games and A wins the last one.

The first 4+k games contain 4 wins of A and k wins of B: 4+kCk ways

Number of ways = k=044+kCk=4C0+5C1+6C2+7C3+8C4

=1+5+15+35+70=126

Answer: 126

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2

A box contains 5 blue, 6 yellow and 4 red balls. The number of ways, of drawing 8 balls containing at least two balls of each colour, is :

  1. 4100
  2. 4140
  3. 4230
  4. 4290
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3

The number of ways, of forming a queue of 4 boys and 3 girls such that all the girls are not together, is:

  1. 5040
  2. 3050
  3. 3410
  4. 4320
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Let A=\(a, b, c) : a, b, c are non-negative integers and a+b+2c=22\. Then n(A) is equal to :

  1. 121
  2. 124
  3. 144
  4. 169
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5

The number of seven-digit numbers, that can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 such that each digit is used at least once, is :

  1. 15400
  2. 17800
  3. 16800
  4. 29400
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6

Let pn denote the total number of triangles formed by joining the vertices of an n-side regular polygon. If pn+1-pn=66, then the sum of all distinct prime divisors of n is :

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 6
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7

Let S = \1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\. Let x be the number of 9-digit numbers formed using the digits of the set S such that only one digit is repeated and it is repeated exactly twice. Let y be the number of 9-digit numbers formed using the digits of the set S such that only two digits are repeated and each of these is repeated exactly twice. Then,

  1. 56x = 9y
  2. 21x = 4y
  3. 45x = 7y
  4. 29x = 5y
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The letters of the word "UDAYPUR" are written in all possible ways with or without meaning and these words are arranged as in a dictionary. The rank of the word "UDAYPUR" is

  1. 1579
  2. 1578
  3. 1580
  4. 1581
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11

The largest value of n, for which 40n divides 60!, is

  1. 14
  2. 13
  3. 11
  4. 12
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